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The NSPCC's #WildWestWeb campaign is calling for an independent regulator with the power to investigate and fine social networks if they fall short in protecting children. They appeal to readers to sign the petition.
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Since the start of several months of utility works began on Staplers Road in Newport, there have been daily reports of miles of traffic and gridlock into the central hub of the Isle of Wight. This reader believes he has the solution to alleviate the traffic pressure.
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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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Former UKIP parliamentary candidate, Iain McKie, believes a second EU referendum could be on the cards, but that he won't vote in it because another referendum "undermines the democratic process".
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Cllr Michael Lilley sets out the detail and shares documents to back up the call-in of the decision to scrap Local Area Co-ordinators, and explains how, in his view, the use of the words “clinically unsafe” prevented an objective decision being made.
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This reader has just spent several weeks touring North and South Carolina and Georgia and shares their experience of ferry crossings on state owned ferries. You might be surprised by what they found.
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This reader explains why he believes it's time for Cllr Stewart and Cllr Ward to admit they were wrong on the Floating Bridge issue and engage with people who actually know something about it.
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Neil says he's offered his decades of expertise to Isle of Wight council for free - They rejected it. How many other people have experienced the same?
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This reader believes that if the Isle of Wight council will not listen to residents or give a reasoned response as to why they acted the way they have, "then perhaps they’ll be forced to listen to legal argument".
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This reader believes those who proposed the Southampton Clean Air Zone have no understanding of the catastrophic problems their plans will cause his and many others businesses.
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A delegated decision taken by Cllr Ian Ward to approve double yellow lines without any evidence of safety needs, impinges on the human rights of Hope Road residents in accessing their homes claims Cllr Michael Lilley.
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There are several agencies involved in water safety campaigns looking to make people to be aware of the risks and choose to swim in areas that are safe.
