Full report from Wednesday evening's Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel meeting where the future of the Isle of Wight Music Service was discussed.
The three proposed budgets were debated for almost two hours at County Hall last night (see our live coverage) but the Conservative-UKIP-IMG proposal narrowly received the most votes.
Cllr Mosdell says the abuse that she and her daughter were subjected to during the consultation to scrap the cross-Solent travel scheme was unacceptable.
Although Newport has no beaches itself, the Parish council argue that their residents use Island beaches and all local councils should help fund the service that will be scrapped due to Government cuts in funding next April.
Parish councillor writes to Cabinet members stating that it would incredibly short-sighted to cut funding to this vital service, directly affecting the most vulnerable and isolated people on the Island.
The Isle of Wight Council and Southampton City Council are set to appoint a joint director of environment for an initial six month trial to create savings of £62,000 per annum