·3 min read
Letter: Why it’s time to join forces with the RSPB and help halt the Government’s ‘attack on nature’
Vix Lowthion explains why she's joined the RSPB, who say the Government has launched an attack on nature
Letter to the Editor
We always welcome a Letter to the Editor to share with our readers. Letters will be published unedited, but we’d recommend keeping your points short in order to capture the attention of other readers.
If you have a letter that you’d like to share, get in touch.
·1 min read
This teddy was dropped when Lisa’s eight-year-old grandson was leaving the hospital last month after developing acute gastroenteritis. He is so heartbroken that Lisa is offering a £100 reward for the teddy’s return
·1 min read
Maggie Nelmes highlights the treatment of journalist Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks who's facing a 175-year sentence in solitary confinement in a US jail
·2 min read
Cllr Robertson responds to the accusation that he's playing Monopoly with planning in Newport and calls for the Cabinet to overrule the Scrutiny Committee's recommendations
·1 min read
This reader is asking IW MP, Bob Seely, to find out when we can expect the £6.4m per annum extra promised by Boris Johnson, which Liz Truss has "pledged to honour"
·3 min read
Cllr Lowthion shares her concerns about the Conservative councillor's desire to move new housebuilding from Freshwater and Bembridge to Newport
·1 min read
Peter Shreeve, Assistant District Secretary of the National Education Union shares his thoughts on where he believes the new Prime Minister should be focusing her attention, including by creating positive change to benefit the education system as a whole and to take “bold” urgent steps to end child poverty
·2 min read
This Childline volunteer counsellor reminds parents and children of the support they can receive from Childline, who last year delivered over 3,200 counselling sessions about going back to school
·4 min read
This reader asks others to join the letter-writing campaign to urge the Government to reform parts of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 to prohibit the keeping of elephants in zoos. She explains why here
·3 min read
Vix Lowthion shares her take on the "privatisation experiment of the last few decades" and explains what she believes needs to happen to help keep people from falling deeper into crises
·3 min read
The former curator of Ventnor Botanic Garden paid it a visit last week and has been left stunned by what he saw, slamming the current leaseholder, John Curtis, for what he labels ‘mismanagement’
·1 min read
This readers says cyclists will be "topping 50mph over a surface that is so uneven and worn that it rivals the cobbles of Paris"
