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The council plan to close many 'external' offices, selling them off, or stop paying rent. They'll then spend up to £4m doing up County Hall to host 700 staff there
Isle of Wight Council
Learn what’s really happening at the Isle of Wight Council at OnTheWight, reported by this award-winning team behind the Isle of Wight news service.
Coverage includes the council’s delegated decisions, planning applications, changes in policy and press releases.
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Isle of Wight council admit there is an ongoing issue with chain depths of the floating bridge on ebb tide and have amended the timetable for August bank holiday weekend. Check before you travel.
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Families who qualify for the Short Breaks scheme are offered reduced fees at adapted holiday lodge.
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A heat seeking vehicle will travel around the Island hoping to pinpoint homes that could benefit from better insulation.
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In planning documents, the establishment says after major refurbishment last year, to improve kitchen facilities and a disabled toilet, it lost table space
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Plans include a three-storey and a two-storey extension to make space for four one-bed and one two-bed flats in the building
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New laboratories and digital facilities are planned for Isle of Wight College’s Centre of Excellence for Composites, Advances Manufacturing And Marine
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Breakout Youth has been provided an essential support network and a safe place for vulnerable and isolated LGBTQ+ young Islanders, helping them to explore and resolve issues affecting their lives. With funding by the IWC now cut, the future is looking very bleak.
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Isle of Wight council and Southern Vectis secure £12.7m for a fleet of zero emission buses
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Cllr Mazillius' response to head of legal's email about shadowing a care worker for a day was insulting says the man who invited councillors to take up the challenge.
