In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner:

The minister’s fears over meeting the promenade renovation deadline are revealed.

A woman who was jailed after breaching an exclusion order has had her conviction and ban quashed on appeal.

Tributes are being paid to a former island police officer John ’Laxey’ Kinrade who has died after an illness.

Reporter Sam Turton interviews Education Minister Alex Allinson as students prepare to go to the UK. He tells him that the government will be prepared to assist students in getting back to the island if the situation in the UK worsens.

An application to build 96 homes in Castletown has passed its final hurdle after a bid to have it stopped was rejected.

The new American owners of Bishopscourt have yet to even set foot inside the estate. The whole deal was dealt with ’virtually’ because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two pages looking back at one of the most fondly-remembered ships in the Steam Packet’s history, the Lady of Mann I.

The Glen Mona Hotel in Maughold has now been put up for sale by owners with a price tag of £389,000.

The new £38m landing stage and terminal at Princes Half-Tide Dock, Liverpool, is behind schedule.

Why Crosby’s Co-op cannot open until border restrictions are lifted.

A man who grew cannabis to use it for pain relief has been to court.

The full story of the takeaway delivery driver who was jailed for breaching Covid-19 rules.

Toby James Cross, a 25-year-old man who assaulted two bouncers at the Front Porch bar in Duke Street, Douglas, has been sentenced.

Our Food and Farming pages look forward to the Food and Drink Festival.

The back page includes a story about Adam Long, the Douglas teenager who played a full game in League One at the weekend.

Plus we take a look at the front page of the Isle of Man Weekly Times from 1954, property prices, your letters, lots more sport, business news, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.

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