Isle of Wight County Press
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Do you think you were manipulated by the council last week? VentnorBlog lays out the evidence for you to decide
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The County Press headline gave us a big scare last week - luckily it's not as bad as it first sounded
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Having first registered their domain name back in 1998, some 20+ years later the Isle of Wight newspaper have now changed their Web address.
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Readers may be wondering what happened about the police investigation into allegations a candidate falsified nomination signatures.
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With three highly critical national news articles, letters calling for him to go from four former Chairs of the IWCA, as well as strong local coverage, can Andrew Turner still remain as the Conservative candidate for the 2015 election?
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The man has not yet been formally identified, but police say his death is not being treated as suspicious.
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OnTheWight mistakenly believed the word of a Cabinet member over a CP reporter. It'll be the last time.
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Huge pal and devoted reader of VB, Charlotte Hofton, appears to be starting to understand the problem of being a blogger
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In this week's last-before-the-election edition, the CP claim they've found five more people who say their signatures have been faked on the nomination papers of Newport North UKIP candidate, Richard Wilkins.
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Better put on your sunglasses if you're driving in Newport
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Following a split vote on the proposed restructure of senior management at the Isle of Wight Council, Cllr Kendall told the CP he's quit his post on the Executive. Leader says nothing official has been received yet.