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Lois Prior shares her knowledge of how we can live greener lifestyles.
Isle of Wight Opinion Pieces
OnTheWight is run on journalistic principles of honesty, transparency and balance. Every so often, there will be a subject or issue that the editors or contributors wish to share that reflects their personal opinion.
These Isle of Wight opinion pieces will be clearly marked as such. We believe their inclusion adds to the diversity of content available to readers.
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IW Council blocks Freedom of Information request to document key to understanding parties at fault for the horrendous IW Festival traffic jams.
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Council responds with unsettling speed, avoiding addressing what was the key point
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School travel campaigner shares some concerning news on travel provision for sixth-formers under council transport plans.
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Parents of pupils at Weston Primary are fighting to keep a non-religious primary school in West Wight
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We share our views on the conduct of councillors at last week's Full Council meeting when questions over the costs of the High Court case were raised.
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Back in June the council told VB repairs would be done in about five weeks. Fast forward to now, two months later and they're now claiming that they're ahead of schedule - even though the Seaclose park repairs are much later than they originally said! Eh?
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It's the equivalent of a child in the playground putting their fingers in their ears and singing "La la la la la" in an attempt to pretend something isn't happening
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The County Press ran article with the misleading headline, 'Pupils suffer physical abuse'. Report caused outrage but correction only made on letters page and in For The Record (does anyone actually read that?)
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Couthy Butts is thought to be over 250 years old. We do a video tour around the outside of it.
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Couthy Butts goes back to Planning Committee next week but with a unreasonable condition.
