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Tim on Isle of Wight MP states: Ferry companies prioritised shareholders over needs of Islanders (updated)
"Bob reckons he can fix the ferries, I'm looking forward to the outcome!"

Steve Goodman on Isle of Wight MP states: Ferry companies prioritised shareholders over needs of Islanders (updated)
"3. Red Funnel, having previously transformed what was the E.Cowes high street into th..."

kevinworrell70 on World class ballet returns to the Isle of Wight
"My family and I went last year and it was brilliant the talent was exceptional W..."

tr2015 on Video footage highlights ‘danger’ for pedestrians queuing for floating bridge
"Just viewed the footage.. was it my imagination, or was some eeejit allowing his ch..."

Fred Karno on Isle of Wight MP states: Ferry companies prioritised shareholders over needs of Islanders (updated)
"Something needs to be done about the unbridled greed of the ferry companies. They are..."

tyke on Transport Infrastructure Task Force (TITF): Important Isle of Wight transport review published
"Well that was a whole load of nothing. What was it, £20k of public money? However I..."

davee on Video footage highlights ‘danger’ for pedestrians queuing for floating bridge
"After over 100 years of design and development. The design of number 5 has been disca..."

Suruk the Slightly Miffed on Video footage highlights ‘danger’ for pedestrians queuing for floating bridge
"It wasn't trying to use the floating bridge. It was turned away from the Red Funnel m..."

iowdave on Video footage highlights ‘danger’ for pedestrians queuing for floating bridge
"What the hell is a truck this size doing (trying to get) on the floating bridge???"

Suruk the Slightly Miffed on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"Impressive. You managed turn a discussion about house building into a scare story ..."

Robert on Video footage highlights ‘danger’ for pedestrians queuing for floating bridge
"The council will only do something WHEN someone gets KILLED. Lets hope its not a CHI..."

Suruk the Slightly Miffed on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"Not only do they push prices up, they push people out. Every second home is one more ..."

Luisa Hillard on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"Just one problem with this populist stance: Conservative government, national plan..."

steephilljack on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"Plus the fact that many houses are becoming second homes. Our road in Ventnor now has..."

Suruk the Slightly Miffed on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"***"they cannot afford to fight appeals"*** Which is entirely the fault of the Gov..."

YJC on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"Thank goodness! Thank you Mr Seely. The IW Council seem to be passing applicat..."

eastcowes on Video footage highlights ‘danger’ for pedestrians queuing for floating bridge
"Obviously the lorries move slowly. But the Council is forcing all people to stand th..."

Suruk the Slightly Miffed on MP against large scale housebuilding on the Isle of Wight
"The question is, Bob, where are the products of this "jobs agenda" going to live? The..."

greatergood on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"Electrickery, a little off topic but I had to answer! You don't need planning for a ..."

Sally Perry on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"That's OK Hermit, having written over 12,500 articles for this site, I'm bound to get..."

electrickery on Volunteers help rid the Isle of Wight of invasive Himalayan Balsam
"What is Cllr Sir John Hobart doing about the infestation of Japanese Knotweed on his ..."

electrickery on Council introduce curfew on floating bridge
"Most of the noise seems to come from all the to-ing and fro-ing while docking. Hopef..."

electrickery on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"Anyone thinking of buying one of the proposed newbuilds on Baring Road, Cowes, needs ..."

garageelfiniow on Get involved to ensure more plankton than plastic in our seas
"This is a worldwide problem but is accute in the UK because of the amount of unnecess..."

hermit on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"What a petty bunch of comments!"

bigj on Council leader tells Islanders not to expect direct answers to Floating Bridge questions – for 6 months
"Islanders tell Council leader (and a few others) not to expect, wages, expenses, free..."

laurentian on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"All it needs, to satisfy the pedants, is the addition of a "had" and a comma :- St..."

peterj on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"Not only is that sentence grammatically tortuous but it factually incorrect. Well don..."

YJC on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"Apologies for being pedantic but the headline is correct but the next sentence is not..."

Suruk the Slightly Miffed on Almost 600 landings at the St Mary’s helipad in four years
"It would be interesting to know the proportion of landings that were for admission to..."