Isle of Wight councillors took the opportunity to visit the site of the proposed state-of-the-art rural business centre and see how the construction is progressing
Given the huge response to the consultation and time needed to consider all responses, the Isle of Wight council say they are working closely with the Department for Transport on how to make up the lost time
"City status really does bring greater kudos and hopefully help attract investment into the town," says Isle of Wight Council leader, Lora Peacey-Wilcox
£273,947 of the Government grant remains to be spent by the end of March so Cabinet members will be asked to approve plans to support businesses further
Unusually high numbers of planning applications, enforcement and requests for work to protected trees have been coming in as the Isle of Wight returns to normality
The national body that inspects care homes was so concerned that residents were being put at risk it cancelled the home's registration, forcing it to close
The Cabinet Member said she was also deeply grateful to all secondary school staff for the additional work they have shouldered this year to ensure pupils could be properly assessed for their GCSEs