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There are so many explosive allegations in this leaked letter, written by a Conservative insider currently within Andrew Turner's campaign team, that it's impossible to summarise.
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Fifteen minutes of heavy rain which left Niton High Street under water this morning (Wednesday 29th October) has led to renewed calls for something to be done about storm drains in the village.
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OnTheWight suspected a letter sent by a senior IW council officer contradicted agreed policy on the future of the opening of Undercliff Drive. Since then we've pursued it. Now the Executive Member has corrected the situation.
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There's a question that may've been on the minds of many Islanders in the last year and Retired Hack is this week able to provide the answer.
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Retired Hack says he's "hugely disappointed" by the County Press coverage of the inquest into David Green's death.
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OnTheWight finds out whether the Isle of Wight Council join the ranks of those who abuse zero hours contracts.
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Following the damning Ofsted report on Isle of Wight council's education, we try and get answers from the people - Steve Beynon and David Pugh - who were in charge, before they left without bearing the consequences.
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The now-ex Chief Exec of Isle of Wight Council, Steve Beynon, has started selling himself as a "Strong strategic leader with proven track record of addressing under-performance", an "Inspiring communicator" with "Honest and consistent behaviour".
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The need for Isle of Wight councillors to declare if they are Masons was explicitly written into the IW council’s constitution in 2001. OnTheWight can reveal this practice was undone last Summer under the last Conservative administration. Why was it undone and under whose authority?
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Victory for campaigners as Government watchdog commands IW Council to release information they've previously blocked access to.
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The results of the latest environmental report could be a huge blow to the proposed asphalt plant project.
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Retired Hack asks why Steve Beynon is being given a redundancy payment when he had already declared he was going to retire this year, which would have cost the Island nothing. We estimate it will cost the Island £47,000, not just £13,000 that the CP ran as their headline.
