Construction works to install a temporary footbridge are ongoing at Shanklin Cliff Lift, with the council remaining hopeful the lift can re-open on 21 July as scheduled.
It sounds like congratulations are in order. Early provisional data for Key Stage 2 SATs show 85% of Island children achieved level 4 or above in mathematics, 90% in reading and 84% in writing.
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.
Members of the Isle of Wight Council are due to consider and vote on the future provision of 11 to 16 and post-16 school and college places at the Full Council meeting on the evening of Wednesday 8 July.
Following a decision of the Full Council in February this year, the Isle of Wight Council will reintroduce the passenger charges for the use of the Cowes floating on Monday 20 July 2015.
AmeyCespa has been selected as the preferred bidder for the contract to deliver waste collection and treatment services for the Isle of Wight for the next 25 years, starting in November this year.