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Poverty spray art on a wall

5, September 2022·1 min read

Letter: We urge the new Prime Minister to shield children during the cost-of-living crisis

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

teenager using a mobile phone by summerskyephotography

2, September 2022·2 min read

Letter: Childline is here for anyone concerned about going ‘Back to School’

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

Mother and baby elephants in captivity - credit Freedom for Animals

15, August 2022·4 min read

Letter: Keeping elephants in zoos and safari parks is physical and mental torture

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

Vix Lowthion outside Nodehill VI Form Campus

5, August 2022·3 min read

Letter: Ending the stranglehold that private industry has on our household bills would truly be ‘Taking Back Control’

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

Ventnor Botanic Garden

4, August 2022·3 min read

‘Time for new management?’ at Ventnor Botanic Garden: The Simon Goodenough Letter in full

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’

Victoria Avenue, Shanklin from Google Maps

3, August 2022·1 min read

Letter: Let’s hope it won’t be ‘Isle of Wight potholes wreak havoc on Tour of Britain’

This readers says cyclists will be "topping 50mph over a surface that is so uneven and worn that it rivals the cobbles of Paris"

Graffiti showing the male Monopoly character with a top hat

29, July 2022·4 min read

Letter: The Financial Services and Markets Bill, a speculator’s charter

Maggie Nelmes says the new Financial Services and Markets Bill could remove the barriers put in place to prevent another crisis after the banking crash fifteen years ago

Fire at the Gaiety site by Chris and Lucy Boynton-Jones

21, July 2022·1 min read

Letter: Share your comments on Fire Service reform before Tuesday

This reader urges Islanders who have witnessed the effects cuts to the Fire Service have had to respond to the Government White Paper by Tuesday

man looking depressed sitting in his lounge with hands over face

15, July 2022·8 min read

Letter: The housing system is not fit for purpose and here are some real world examples of why

This charity volunteer has found over the last few months that housing is a compounding problem for many of their clients and explains how the current housing system is not fit for purpose

volunteer stacking shelves in foodbank

12, July 2022·4 min read

Letter: 12 Years of austerity and impoverishment

This reader from East Cowes shares his view on what has changed in the last 12 years of austerity

Woman standing against wall looking down, giving a feeling of depression

11, July 2022·8 min read

Letter: Please can our MP step up and give our Island the future it needs and deserves

This reader shares their concerns about Islanders struggling to meet the cost of living rises, the issues they face with unreachable housing costs and why they believe the Government should help

Person on quad bike spraying glyphosate-based weedkiller

5, July 2022·2 min read

Open Letter to Island Roads: Weed killer operatives on quad bikes paid scant regard to health and safety

This reader says he and his wife were appalled at the standard of working of two operatives on quad bikes spraying pavements and gutters with weed killer

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