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The Labour parliamentary candidate Stewart Blackmore welcomed shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to the Island last week to discuss the education system.
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Better access to safe places in health-based settings for people experiencing a mental health crisis is crucial, urges CQC
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The proposal was originally criticised by councillors at the Scrutiny Committee meeting held earlier this month and and labeled "nothing more than a talking shop".
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Solent LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) is calling for the most driven and knowledgeable business and voluntary sector leaders in the region to join its panels and have their say on key issues in the Solent.
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A living wage, exam resits and euthanasia were the most popular issues that young people from the Isle of Wight who took part in a ballot were keen to hear discussed at the Youth Parliament.
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23 year old Ellie Tappenden from the Isle of Wight plans to set up a mobile vet nursing service for the Island with her Solent LEP grant.
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News that pre-2010 paperwork held in connection with MPs' expense claims by Parliament have now been destroyed hit the national overnight. Andrew Turner responds to the news.
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It might have been within the letter of the rules, but opposition parties question whether Andrew Turner declaring his five-bedroomed home in Newport as his second home was ethical or moral.
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Andrew Turner believes the Government must go much further "to ensure that our borders are under our control once again".
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With the General election just six months away, the Isle of Wight MP is urging Britons who live abroad to register to vote.
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Catherine Bearder is concerned the new government strategy to protect bees and other pollinating insects lacks provisions for restricting the use of neonicotinoids and other harmful pesticides.
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In response to a plea from the Ventnor Town Council for the same financial treatment that Eastbourne received after its pier caught fire earlier in the year, Penny Mordaunt passes the buck onto the IWC.
