MANX Telecom has fallen foul of advertising watchdogs.
Today’s Isle of Man Examiner has the story.
The paper also reveals that Douglas councillors have decided to award themselves a big rise in attendance allowance.
You might remember that a few weeks ago the Examiner broke {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/invitation-to-claim-more-expenses-from-our-rates-1-5506243|this story} about local authority members’ allowances.
Anyway, Douglas Council’s leader reckons over coverage has been symptomatic of the gutter press and that we’ve whipped up hysteria.
The Examiner has the full story on page 4 and we’ve also devoted our editorial opinion column to the matter.
The council is in the news for another reason. It’s so hard up that it says charities such as Hospice now have to pay to use the tip at Middle River. We ask charities what they think about that.
In contrast, page three is devoted to Harrison Connor and his family. He’s had a number of health problems and now his family have created a charity to help children like him.
Back to politics – and the chief minister says that China could be good for Manx business. The Chinese ambassador to Britain has paid a visit to the island.
You might remember that last week we {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/how-will-axe-fall-on-front-line-services-1-5563908|revealed that frontline services might lose jobs.} This week, we ask the fire service and the police about the issue.
Elsewhere in the paper, we have three pages of letters. Last week we had a long letter complaining about the use of green lanes by some people with vehicles. There has been an angry response.
A prisoner has also written to us, saying that inmates would have helped in the snow if they’d been a allowed to.
The Examiner this week launches one of our most popular competitions, Pet Factor. Readers are being invited to submit pictures of their pets to see which wins the hearts of the Isle of Man.
The island’s favourite newspaper is in the shops now.