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Roughly half of schools that were approached to help to save their local service have agreed to take over the funding, but there are still others that will be without school crossing patrols come September unless alternative funding is found.
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Island Labour say that in 2015 the Isle of Wight council signed an accord with the Island Federation of Small Businesses which pledged to, where possible, use small businesses to provide goods and services, but in the last year they have spent £41,000 with Amazon.
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Parents and pupils at Weston Community are unhappy with proposal by council to close their school
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We chatted with Phil Wood Unison regional secretary for the South East
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We ask the council how much the refurbishment of the council chamber at County Cost. Fll breakdown on VB.
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It's becoming apparent that the council are being placed in an impossible position by the government. The spectre of all Discretionary services being cut is being discussed.
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Isle of Wight Council’s Chief Executive, John Metcalfe, has written to the Government asking them to urgently clarify how it will judge that any council: “has reached the ‘tipping point’ where it has insufficient resources available to meet its legal obligations”.
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Ventnor beach should have volunteer lifeguards this summer
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Visit your local library today for World Book Day, unless you live in Ryde, Ventnor, Shanklin, Bembridge, Freshwater, Niton or Cowes as all these libraries now close on a Thursday.
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A VB reader shares an open letter to Cllr Pugh suggesting he (and invites all other councillors too) shadow a care worker for a day.
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Marcia shares an idea to keep the public loos open
