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High quality Head teachers with strong, long-lived experience are essential if Island schools are to achieve their potential.
Letter to the Editor
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This reader asks why the ferry companies can't just segregate passengers returning from Spain into a special area
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This reader believes that under the Conservative Government Britain has become "little better than a banana republic where filling your boots by maxing out the Treasury’s credit-card is the name of the game". Do you agree?
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This reader says she's getting up to ten text messages a day from her children's school and that this is adding pressure to an already difficult situation
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Maria Villa Vine is encouraging others to take part in a doorstep vigil on Saturday in memory of Sarah Everard and all the women and girls who have been victims
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Chale resident Mike Starke shares a letter sent today to Royal Mail's Delivery Sector Manager, Joe Harris-Cormack, who has recently written to some residents and businesses about changes to delivery services on the Island.
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Letter to the Editor proposes dog DNA database to combat the problem of dog mess on the streets of the Isle of Wight
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Local warns Exxon Mobil of 'high risk' CO2 pipeline through the Isle of Wight
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Isle of Wight residents are invited to unite for NSPCC's Childhood Day Mile, raising funds to safeguard children and young people
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Peter Shreeve from the National Education Union believes the mobile phone ban in schools should extend to the House of Commons too, so elected members can concentrate on learning and listening
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Steve Cowley believes the Isle of Wight council's plan to close Yarmouth school is disruptive and possibly 'financially irresponsible'. Over 90% of Shalfleet and Yarmouth parents oppose the plans.
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Cowes businessman, Mark Board, believes the IWC Planning Committee should reject the application for Medina Village to change from ‘Industrial’ to ‘Residential’, adding that the development would "condemn the area to continued desolation for decades to come".
