The local authority’s commitment to running the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme on the Isle of Wight was acknowledged and celebrated at Buckingham Palace earlier this month.
Anyone driving along Ashey Road in Ryde this morning would have been surprised to see a car parked in one of the fields - with a large hole in the fence. If you missed it, here's a video of what it looked like and some details.
Described by one person attending as "one of the worst meetings ever", at last night's Annual Council Meeting, the Leader and Chairman of the council were voted back into their positions for another year.
Tom George has already been out to the village in Ghana where a new special school is being built, but next week he'll be taking on the Iron Man Challenge in Venice to help raise money for that and another special school in Ventnor.
The campaign – which includes activists from the local Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green parties – will be launched next Monday (30th May) with a speech in Newport by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Greg Hands MP.