Isle of Wight News from OnTheWight

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Isle of Wight taxi fares set to rise for first time in six years

The proposed increase in taxi fares on the Isle of Wight follows a consultation last year. Find out how much the average journey will cost if approved.
Another bank closes a branch on the Isle of Wight
Don’t miss deadline to nominate outstanding Isle of Wight sportsmen and women
Ventnor Film Society announce their Spring Season of films

More Top News

Don’t miss your chance to win up to £5,000
Isle of Wight funding success enables clinical pharmacists support for GP surgeries
Isle of Wight care home ‘disappointed’ with CQC rating
CQC rates Isle of Wight council run care homes as Good
Isle of Wight Festival 2019: Headliners announced
Welcome funding boost for Isle of Wight coastal projects
Green City Charter: Southampton’s way to a low carbon, cleaner economy. Should IW follow?
Floating Bridge taking too long to cross, the reason for Floaty Finder hitch
Isle of Wight NHS show strong support for their EU staff
‘Celebrity 5 Go Camping’ on the Isle of Wight

What's On

Ventnor Film Society announce their Spring Season of films
Distinguished North American poet, James Arthur, heads to Quarr Abbey
Build a snowman on the beach this weekend
The Mission to Seafarers host charity cycle challenge on the Isle of Wight
Lack of suitable Isle of Wight hedges cancels annual hedgelaying competition
Cafe Scientifique: From AI to Fukushima
Don’t miss Isle of Wight Art and Jazz at Mountbatten
Ryde School Open Morning: Explore your child’s education options

Community

Don’t miss your chance to win up to £5,000
The Mission to Seafarers host charity cycle challenge on the Isle of Wight
Tampon Tax funding to help some of the most marginalised in society
Isle of Wight Girlguiding join in mass screening of Mary Poppins
Blue House Bay students raise £1,180 for CLIC Sargent

Isle of Wight Opinion Pieces

Jonathan Dodd: Down by the riverside
Jonathan Dodd: Your real face
Jonathan Dodd: A Recovered Heart
Jonathan Dodd: Say hello, wave goodbye
Ordinary people left to suffer whilst MPs argue, pontificate and scheme, say Vix

Letter to the Editor

Letter: Solution to traffic standstill on Staplers during months of utility works
Letter: What hope is there for vulnerable people on the Isle of Wight?
Letter: I refuse to vote in a second EU referendum, says former UKIP candidate
Councillors attempt to call-in the decision to scrap Local Area Co-ordinators : The detail
Letter: Comparing state-owned US ferries to privately-owned Isle of Wight ones