Newport is the capital of the Isle of Wight. It’s the town with the most nation-wide chains of shops as well as being the centre for business. The County council are head-quartered there.
John Mills - on behalf of Partnerships for Renewables Development Company - responds to claims made in the Isle of Wight MP's press release earlier in the week.
Leader of the council, Dave Stewart, says residents should change their behaviour to fit in with shorter opening hours - and claims Islanders have been sitting with "their flasks and their sandwiches to be first into the tip".
Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Gemma and Aaron Rolf on behalf of their daughter Sophie through her KissyPuppy fund, and working in partnership with the Isle of Wight NHS and other organisations as part of the 2020Vision project, two rooms have been redecorated and furnished on the inpatient ward at Earl Mountbatten Hospice (EMH).
The Government have selected the Isle of Wight as one of the areas they are funding further investigation of the reinstatement of closed railway branch lines