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The permanent home for the Classic Boat Museum has now been made 'fit for purpose' and a grand public opening is planned for Spring 2018. Find out how you can help make that happen.
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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Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), academy sponsor for Cowes Enterprise College, has announced Robert Pritchard as its new Regional Director South.
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A multi-million pound development in East Cowes, which will bring with it 53 homes, a 400-berth marina, restaurants, bars and more, is set for approval.
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Red Funnel have put together a fun video showing how Queen Victoria might travel to the Isle of Wight if she were alive today. Complete with Beats headphones, Tinder and SnapChat, watch the video to see how she does it.
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Head to Osborne on Thursday this week to have your treasures examined by the experts, or just watch on in the background as others wait to find out how much theirs are worth.
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The Universal feature film, Victoria & Abdul, could prove to be a great boost for Isle of Wight tourism in the coming weeks and months. Watch this behind the scenes trailer.
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Cllr Ian Ward, who receives an additional £7k+ a year as the Isle of Wight council Cabinet member and whose responsibilities specifically include the floating bridge, was unable to answer basic questions about the replacement service. Full details of the interview within.
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The 1st East Cowes Sea Scout Group have been awarded a grant of £6,000 from the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) to celebrate their 300th Anniversary.
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Three Isle of Wight councillors are calling for foot passenger charges on the replacement floating bridge service to be scrapped until all the issues are resolved. One councillor says parents from low income households are having to pay £6 per day in order to walk their children to school.
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Labour councillor, Geoff Brodie, says he believes Scrutiny members are being "misled" over the controversial decision to fully suspend the Cowes Floating Bridge, adding that "officers are covering for a political decision".
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East Cowes' Councillors say actions of the Isle of Wight council leadership show "a complete lack of duty of care" and slam them for breaking promises to consult, saying suspension of floating bridge will isolate the two towns.
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Last week Cllr Ian Ward claimed that Isle of Wight council had received only eight complaints about the Floating Bridge shambles. Today 400 hand-signed complaints have been sent the Local Government Ombudsman.
