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'My Life a Full Life' goes to the top. Isle of Wight team attend Downing Street reception with patients and patients representatives.
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Red Funnel firmly denies circulating rumours about potential administration
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The Isle of Wight council say no child should go hungry during school holidays and so vouchers will be provided to 5,000 children
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Campaigners go public with their primary reasons for opposing any fixed link project by launching a Website with their "reasoned argument, statistics and expert testimony".
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The latest update will be presented to the Corporate Scrutiny Committee next week, but in the meantime, papers for the meeting provide a background to the commissioning of the Naval Architects and Shipbuilders. Details and reports within
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Isle of Wight Council embraces 'No Mow May', bolstering local biodiversity and aiding struggling bees - read what you can do to help
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‘I strongly suspect much of what has passed for news from Parliament recently matters little to most Islanders’ claims MP
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Had Simon Cooke not reported the death of his mother to the Coroner, they would not have known about it or the safeguarding issues that have arisen because of it. He hopes the council will heed the recommendations of the Coroner to avoid the same thing being repeated elsewhere.
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With more families seeking help, Isle of Wight Foodbank say the increase is due to people struggling with benefit payments issues; insecure work; debt; homelessness and low income.
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Cllr Brodie said, in all his time on the committee, no councillor had ever broken the convention
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Chris Welsford says that the prime concern of councillors should be for vulnerable children who may not be protected as a result of the council's failings, as well as sparing a thought for the hard working social workers.
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The formal authority that governs the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been combined with Hampshire
