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New data reveals that new house building has increased on the Isle of Wight, in the last year. OnTheWight has details of by how much.
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Hundreds of homes on the Isle of Wight have been lying empty for six months or more, figures show.
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Figures show that micro-businesses make up more than eight out of 10 enterprises on the Isle of Wight.
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Over third of parents who have their child maintenance controlled by the Govt on the Isle of Wight are failing to pay ex-partners.
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More than one in five cancer patients on the Isle of Wight are only diagnosed after an emergency admission to hospital, figures show.
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More than a third of adults receiving social care on the Isle of Wight are paying private providers to top up their support, new figures show.
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Figures show that nearly a third of NHS staff at the Isle of Wight Trust experienced bullying, harassment or abuse from patients last year.
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Figures released by the DfE look at how many pupils on the Isle of Wight were classed as persistently absent in autumn 2017 and spring 2018 terms.
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Hundreds of Isle of Wight teenagers now face compulsory resits after failing English and Maths GCSEs. IW results are below South East and National Average. The details are interesting.
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Government figures show that over 11,000 children on the Isle of Wight didn't visit a dentist last year - That's nearly half - and the numbers going are dropping. The figures for adults are low too.
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The Child Poverty Action Group warned that the drop risked leaving some children without their only hot meal of the day.
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Although nine out of ten Islanders dependent on alcohol did not attend therapy, of those that did, the rate of recovery was above the national average.
