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The Global Britain: A Twenty-First Century Vision report, co-authored by Bob Seely, and published today, pitches that the UK's approach to Overseas Aid should be radially overhauled.
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The change to the set of traffic lights have brought benefits for all. They could be coming to a town near you.
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Having first registered their domain name back in 1998, some 20+ years later the Isle of Wight newspaper have now changed their Web address.
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After two years of being in power at Isle of Wight council, Dave Stewart has listed three specific things in his 'What we've achieved on the Island so far' column. The public's reaction is an eye-opener.
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There's quite a bit of concern in Gurnard about a beach that's access has been blocked by a newly constructed fence. OnTheWight has been pulling the pieces together to better understand it.
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Mild weather led to large numbers of swimmers at this year’s Ventnor Boxing Day Swim 2018. A wide variety of people taking part as you can see in the video
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This weekend will be your last chance to buy 'Make Vectis Gurt Again' T-shirts this year! We're doing a PopUp - come and say Hi and buy.
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At the weekend, Matt Hancock MP, declared he would rid the NHS of fax machines by 2020, replacing them with the latest thing: email. OnTheWight finds out whether the Isle of Wight has 'Axed the Fax'.
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A video written and directed by Dominic Minghella, originally released on his Island Pictures Website, has become an online sensation. Watch here.
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Island Labour say that in 2015 the Isle of Wight council signed an accord with the Island Federation of Small Businesses which pledged to, where possible, use small businesses to provide goods and services, but in the last year they have spent £41,000 with Amazon.
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The long-running dispute that's been engulfing Bembridge for the last couple of years has now reached its next level of seriousness.
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This evening (Monday) you can watch the Isle of Wight-developed SAMPSON radar system protect the UK's most advanced warship, Type-45 Destroyer, against a raid on it by 17 Russian fighter aircraft.
