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The Red bus doing press-ups in London lived its working life on the the Island.
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Safety improvements for a stretch of road in Newport, that Cycle Wight had been campaigning for years about, have finally been realised thanks to 'pupil power' from young Islanders at a primary school in Newport.
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According to Medina College, the number of pupils achieving 5 A* - C GCSEs including English and maths has risen to 51%. Well done to all involved.
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Newport Primary school respond ahead of the latest Ofsted monitoring report being made public. Sounds like some very positive improvements are being made to help it exit Special Measures.
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This was the fifth monitoring visit by the Ofsted Inspector since the school went into Special Measure in 2013.
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In her work, Hyde attempts to capture fragments of experiences within multiple layers of past and present. In some paintings,...
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A group of Isle of Wight mothers have been involved in a project to create a 5m banner hand knitted, crocheted, felted and stitched, which carries the message ‘Refugees Welcome: No Human Is Illegal’. See it this Saturday in Newport.
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Island Labour say the 'Riverside Quarter' plans from the Conservatives are "another knee jerk reaction"
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Cllrs Brodie and Price both say that road safety in and around Newport has been ignored for too long and that, "We must all work collectively together to try and tackle this problem"
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Around 100 homes have been stuck at the end of the longest cul de sac on the Isle of Wight for three years, until now. Barratt Homes have finally completed the last 400m of the 'road to nowhere'.
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A roundup of our live coverage of the meeting
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Parents and community members oppose the closure of their village's only primary school on a number of grounds and urge others to share their views on the consultation. Full details within
