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Lloyds Bank and the Isle of Wight Council’s ongoing partnership to provide Local Lend a Hand mortgages has given 23 year old Mason Parker from Sandown the chance to move into his first home.
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Residents, still homeless after five months, are desperate for either the council or Island Roads to actually become accountable, the MP heard yesterday.
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The detail behind the decision-making at last night's emergency Executive meeting to agree the transfer of Cowes Enterprise College to Ormiston Academies Trust.
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Residents are keen for a speedy solution to their current situation, but told OnTheWight they felt the meeting was a 'waste of time' and 'not worthwhile being there'.
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We've yet to hear from the Group Leader the reasoning behind the 'boycott', but Independent councillor Steve Stubbings says that several Conservative members wanting to sit on advisory committees are being prevented from doing so.
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The three Undercliff 'failure reports' in relation to Undercliff Drive expected to be made public last week have now been released.
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The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is hosting a fire safety seminar for care home owners and managers.
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Donations from staff made the Taste of Diversity event, which was held outside office hours, possible.
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The Music Service will need to find savings in the next year during the transition period, but the Council Executive last night gave their commitment to supporting the Service for another year.
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The deputy leader said he'd welcome members bringing the issue of a possible council tax rise to the budget meeting on 26th February.
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UKIP Councillor, Graham Perks voted against the proposal to treat Ventnor Town Council as a Special Purchaser of the Coastal Centre at Salisbury Gardens. It made no difference to the outcome of the vote though and the support of the Scrutiny Committee was recorded.
