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Yesterday it was a split weld, today it is a prow cable starting to part
East Cowes
East Cowes is the arrival point for many people visiting the Isle of Wight, as Red Funnel have their car ferry port here.
The area is rich with boat building history and well as the more obvious Queen Victoria connection with Osborne House.
Below are articles that OnTheWight has published connected to East Cowes.
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Certas Energy stepped in to supply heating oil to homes following the closure of Isle of Wight Fuels
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According to the live feed the Bridge is in operation this morning. We'll update you if we hear any more news today
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The engineers won't be inspecting the floating bridge until Monday, so as a safety precaution it's been taken out of service over the weekend
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The East Cowes resident wants to know what candidates in the local elections will do about the East Cowes landslip
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The Engineers' and Stakeholders' Group say Dave Stewart was stating the obvious when he said the floating bridge had an income. He just forgot to mention the huge losses
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In a recent meeting the Isle of Wight council leader told members that if they scrapped FB6 the Solent LEP would be able to ask for its money back, but a senior member of the SLEP had already said they would not
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Police say the missing man from East Cowes has now been located
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The Isle of Wight councillor for East Cowes shares his response to last night's Corporate Scrutiny meeting where the failures of the floating bridge were discussed
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The precaution has been taken to suspend the service. A passenger launch service will be in operation from 9am
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Although legal mediation put a stop to many questions even being asked, the Cowes Floating Bridge was discussed at tonight's scrutiny committee meeting. Read our detailed report
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Responses rather than answers were provided to the ten questions from the Floating Bridge Engineers and Stakeholders Group. See within
