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A Ventnor resident is starting to get worried by the increase in cracks appearing on the upper Ventnor roads and footpaths.
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VB reader, Louis Lawrence shares his views on the demise of the High Street and the role the Isle of Wight council play in its future.
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Did you have your photo taken over Easter to show your support for the NHS? Christine from IOW Save Our NHS Group shares concerns for future of NHS provision.
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With the cuts to national benefits and cutbacks in mental health and substance abuse services, reductions in council tax support, abolition of funding for cross-Solent travel and the Law Centre, and closure of the Local Area Coordination service – this reader asks what hope is there for the large numbers of vulnerable people on the Island?
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Assistant District Secretary of the National Education Union on the Isle of Wight leads striking teachers in a re-imagined version of Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" to call for education reform and address teacher retention issues
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The South East Regional Director for the CLA says the common perception of poachers being a Claude Greengrass-type character is very far from the truth
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An analysis from this reader of government policies impacting the arts, humanities and philosophy
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Mike Starke's view on the proposed Highways PFI contract and what will be voted through at tonight's Cabinet meeting.
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Tanja Rebel has been on a mission to get the Isle of Wight council and Island Roads to listen to the arguments for using yellow LEDs over the white/blue ones installed around the Island.
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Teetotal, incontinent, atheists living in the village should possibly be considering a move says one VB reader
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Earlier in the week OnTheWight published a letter from Stewart Blackmore to Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Andrew Turner.
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Letter: Why have the Isle of Wight council changed the goalposts on deadline for net zero emissions?
In 2019 the Isle of Wight council voted to "Aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions on the Island by 2030", but this has recently been changed to 2040. XR Ventnor demand to know why
