In response to severe flooding, the Isle of Wight council commissioned three independent investigations to better understand the causes and any factors that may have influenced the severity of the flooding
An 'outstanding' Clerk, who has served on the parish council for eight years, read out a heartfelt and emotional resignation letter during last night's meeting and left the hall in "floods of tears".
Bembridge Parish Council say the 'blacklist' reports may be detrimental to the local economy and argue that the publicity given to it by the Environment Agency is premature.
Over 600 residents in Bembridge voted for the parish council to not sell the asset, but the councillors say they need the income from the sale to repair and renovate other parish owned businesses.
The councillor says the recent one-star food hygiene inspection of his business has been met with ‘a barrage of hate messages and threats of violence via social media and email’