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New figures from the Home Office show that 29 house fires were started by a household appliance on the Island between April 2017 and March this year.
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Business mogul, Lord Sugar, is back on our screens seeking his next 'apprentice' - but perhaps he should be looking on the Isle of Wight.
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Key Stage 1 (KS1) results have dropped on the Isle of Wight in the test carried out by teachers on seven year old pupils. OnTheWight has the details.
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Figures show that thousands of households on the Isle of Wight have benefitted from a soon-to-be scrapped green energy scheme.
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Loneliness is a problem for hundreds of people who receive social care on the Isle of Wight, according to official figures. The figure has improved compared to seven years ago, but could rise again once Local Area Coordinators are scrapped next year.
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The campaigns director at the Howard League for Penal Reform said the rise in the number of drugs found in prisons is a symptom of the problems in an overburdened and under-resourced prison system.
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In just the last six months, hundreds of emergency parcels from the Isle of Wight foodbank have been given children on the Island and over a thousand to adults, figures show.
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The CEO of Shelter says many families are struggling to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads due to the cap on housing benefit, adding that it's, "a cruel and ineffective way of achieving what the government claims is their aim of getting people into work".
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Since 2008, hundreds of homes have been repossessed on the Isle of Wight as homeowners have struggled to make ends meet.
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Latest figures from a Government department reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from freight and passenger transport on the Isle of Wight rose by 1.2% between 2011 and 2016, hampering efforts to cut CO2 levels on the Island.
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Poor diet, lack of exercise and drinking too much alcohol or coffee can all increase risk of high blood pressure. OnTheWight has the figures for the Isle of Wight, which stats reveals has seen an increase in recent years.
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Despite a slight rise in 2017, the Isle of Wight has one of the lowest abortion rates in England.
