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Members of the Isle of Wight Council's Executive Committee have tonight (Wednesday 8 July) voted to award the Island's new 25 year waste contract to the preferred bidder.
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The Island’s Red Squirrel Trail has been featured in Sustrans’ Traffic Free Cycle Rides, a comprehensive guide to traffic-free cycling in the UK.
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Despite the Labour amendment to scrap the proposal to charge pedestrians on the Cowes floating bridge, members (including councillors for East Cowes and Osborne & Whippingham) voted through the new charging proposal at last night's full council meeting.
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The by-election has been prompted by the resignation of previous Labour councillor, Julia Baker-Smith.
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Nearly 20,000 trips have been recorded on a newly resurfaced shared-use path between Shanklin and Wroxall in the last three months.
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The Isle of Wight Council is inviting expressions of interest in taking over the running of its countryside estate and service – with the aim of protecting and enhancing the existing estate and improving public access and voluntary sector involvement.
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Photos of empty parking bays in Sandown have sparked another push from residents for owners of empty shops and untidy sites to get their act together.
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It's long, but a very interesting read from Luisa Hillard, town and county councillor for East Cowes.
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The Executive member for Sustainability says the grant will be focused on helping residents get to school and work without using petrol or diesel cars.
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More children are being encouraged to use active travel to get to and from school as part of a new scheme.
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Discussions are already underway and if elected in the May elections, the Island Independents say they'll use agreed £200m borrowing and will "seek to participate with partners to acquire this vital route to the Island, for the Island".
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This resident-organised beach clean was a step towards meeting the criteria to get East Cowes re-classified as a ‘designated beach’ for bathing, the benefit of which is regular water quality monitoring.
