Government bigwigs have worked out how much the TT and Festival of Motorcycling bring to the island’s economy.

The Manx Independent reports the details this week.

The lead story is also money-related. It features the payouts given to some government workers to leave their jobs.

Plus:

The Saudi air force is training in Manx skies.

A 2025 deadline to ban fossil fuel boilers in new-build housing is achievable, the chairman of Manx Utilities believes.

Former government minister Phil Gawne has issued a plea to the Health Minister to try harder to give people with ME the service they need.

Maintenance grants could increase from £5,500 to £7,500 for future university pupils studying in the UK.

The Isle of Man TT is due to make its mark on the Bollywood scene in a new film.

The new incentives offered by the Education Department to attract new secondary school teachers.

A Peel publican is donning his leathers and taking part in a charity motorbike ride, in the memory of a friend who was tragically killed last year.

Why Sir David Attenborough has written to a pupil at Arbory School.

A man used a disc cutter to start cutting the locks off his ex-girlfriend’s house while the woman and her two children were inside. We report on the court case.

Public transport boss Ian Longworth wants to bring a unique locomotive back into service.

A man from Greater Manchester who had to be restrained after getting off the ferry has been given a five-year ban from the island.

The political boss of tourism’s view on the Hooded Ram licence debacle.

A break-in in Laxey.

A man who grabbed his then partner by the throat and punched her has been sentenced to probation.

Congregations of two Ramsey churches have joined forces - and are saying farewell to their places of worship that have been local landmarks for well over 100 years.

In our Food and Farming pages, Jordan Keig, 21, f is one of just four people who have made it onto the shortlist for the MFS Young Fishmonger Award.

’Extraordinarily talented’ opera singer and musician Sean Rea, who lived in the island, has died.

Our Island Life entertainments section looks forward to comedy and music events planned for the TT and reveals when Ben Elton is visiting the island.

In the centre pages we have a photo special featuring children finding out about rock pools on Douglas beach.

This week’s paper also includes a special section featuring tips on going green.

Our sports pages are full of action and look forward to the weekend’s events.

Plus there’s Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of pictures from the past, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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