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Scheduled to begin later this month after the school holidays are finished, the work will take place over four nights to avoid disruption.
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Freshwater Parish Councillors have now committed to working with local shops and businesses to reduce the use of single-use plastics and establish a community group to lead the Plastic-Free Freshwater campaign.
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Information evenings for parents and carers will be held during the summer term where they will have the opportunity to meet the new leadership.
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Ian Marchant from BBCR4's Open Country programme comes to the Isle of Wight and finds out about the Island's ambitions to become plastic-free.
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Police officers were called just after 1am on Sunday 1st April to reports of two groups fighting in Queen's Road, by All Saints Church, in Ryde. A 17 year old boy with head injuries was taken to St Mary's Hospital.
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‘Child protection plans’ are put in place when there's a serious risk to a child’s health. Almost double the number of children (per 1,000) on the Isle of Wight were put under these plans than the rest of the South East (2016-17) - but the rate is dropping here whilst rising across the rest of the country.
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Island Roads have installed more of the innovative 'bee tubes' in their latest restoration work in Sandown to help support the local ecology, whilst carrying out necessary repairs.
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The Bay Boutique Bed and Breakfast has secured funding from the Isle of Wight Council in order to attract active travellers to explore the beauty of West Wight, using electric bikes.
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Well done to all at Tops Day Nurseries in Newport, who parents have rated in Top 20 out of 1,931 nurseries across the South East. They say nursery staff are friendly, helpful and supportive.
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There is a discount card available to those claiming Jobseekers Allowance or Universal Credit which gives them half price train travel when attending interviews. OnTheWight has more detail.
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Thanks to a generous gift, the Earl Mountbatten Hospice is today announcing a rebrand of their organisation - something that is much more than the 16 beds in Newport, it's an organisation that cares for over 650 people on any given day and offers a variety of other services across the Isle of Wight.
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The expansion, funded by the Isle of Wight Council, will enable Seashells pre-school to accommodate another 40 children, aged three and four, in two new rooms.
