The chair of Garff Commissioners is calling on government to look for efficiencies instead of 'selling Garff down the river'.

It comes after the public session in the latest round of hearings into proposals for an 87-turbine windfarm off the Island's coast.

Richard Henthorn believes, if it made savings, government would be able to save more money than the windfarm would make.

He and fellow commissioner Jamie Smith as well as campaigner Georgina O'Sullivan from NOT4IOM spoke to Phil Gawne after the hearing:

The family of a boy who had to travel to Alder Hey by boat because Manx Care refused to provide an air ambulance say the way he was treated was 'inhumane'.

Fifteen-year-old Jamie seriously injured his hand last week and experienced a number of issues while trying to get the right care.

Speaking to Manx Radio, his brother Gary says he's suffered life-changing injuries because of the amount of time it took to get him to the children's hospital in Liverpool.

Manx Care and Alder Hey have been approached for comment:

A teenage mental health champion has raised nearly £300 for the Manx Wildlife Trust (MWT) with a fascinating talk about how his snakes and other ‘weird’ pets have helped him deal with long-term mental health struggles.

Seventeen-year-old Jessie Quirk entertained a full house at Erin Arts Centre in Port Erin with his talk, 'The Secret Lives of Weird Pets: Snakes, Autism and Me'.

He brought along his western hognose and corn snakes, leaf insects, mantises and a giant African millipede to meet the audience and was joined by Allan Campbell from Zoo2YouIOM.

Siobhán caught up with Jessie after the talk to find out how the audience reacted to his wide collection of pets, and to hear more about his upcoming talk at the first ever Eastbourne Invertebrate Convention on Saturday 23 May!

The chair of Arbory and Rushen Commissioners says the lack of information about the Cair Vie windfarm is 'disappointing'.

Kirrie Jenkins believes there's been no updates on Manx Utilities Earystane project since March last year and residents have been left in a 'void'.

The local authority has written to Tynwald members asking them to 'scrutinise' Manx Utilities proposals before formal processes 'limit' their ability to engage.

Mrs Jenkins says the board has been told an application for the project is 'imminent'.

Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper has been speaking to her.

The former infrastructure minister says there was a 'massive' amount of misinformation about what would've been clause five of the Local Government Amendment Bill.

Michelle Haywood, who was in charge at the time the clause was added to the bill, believes the ongoing debates around the clause were distracting from more important updates.

The clause could've seen functions imposed onto local authorities without any financial support from the government.

Dr Haywood says she doesn't see the clause being brought back anytime soon.

Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper has been speaking to her.

Today marks the end of Autism Acceptance Month, which takes place in April each year.

A loaded calendar of events has now come to a close, but some initiatives, such as businesses implementing 'quiet hours', will continue.

Pete Corkhill is a Safeguarding Practitioner for Health and sits on the Autism Spectrum Condition Strategy Steering Group.

He's been telling Siobhán Fletcher more.

The Department of Health and Social Care has outlined plans to introduce services that would allow for diagnosis and better support for neurodivergent people on the Island.

Currently there is no assessment route for ADHD or autism for adults not diagnosed in childhood.

So, what happens if you're told you need a diagnosis?

In this edition of Newscast, Douglas resident Mitzi Danielson-Kaslik tells Lewis Foster what led her to being diagnosed at 21, and the financial toll it's taken so far.

A mother whose campaign led to the UK government changing its laws on medicinal cannabis in 2018 is calling on governments across the British Isles to pilot allowing regulated recreational cannabis schemes.

Charlotte Caldwell's son Billy became the first patient in the UK to receive a medicinal cannabis prescription.

His case led to a change in law in the UK after customs officials confiscated a cannabis-based medication, resulting in him suffering a life-threatening seizure.

She's been visiting the Isle of Man this week as part of the TRACD campaign, with a view to setting up a pilot scheme here that she hopes would allow government to gather data, stop the illicit sale of cannabis and reduce harm.

She told Manx Radio about TRACD, but first explained more about Billy's story: