The outline plans were said to provide a significant positive opportunity for a mix of housing, whilst retaining the rural feel to the lane, but it was met with much local opposition
Isle of Wight support staff and teachers have expressed their "astonishment, disbelief and growing anxiety" over plans for primary pupils to return to school next week. More than 50 people have signed a letter to the IW council urging them to reconsider the plans
While the pandemic continues, all Ofsted inspections have been postponed, but Isle of Wight schools have been virtually visited as part of a national research programme to learn about the impact Covid has had on education
Former Isle of Wight council leader, Jonathan Bacon, says as councillors don’t seem to be able to behave properly they need to be made to do so. Details within
The National Education Union says schools have been given inadequate advice - more often than not delivered at the last minute - and with no additional funding
The agent, a former Isle of Wight council planning officer, argues that Isle of Wight Council had made a ‘legal error’ by concluding Guildford Road is not a road. Details within
The Care Quality Commission say Covid-19 is magnifying inequalities across the health and care system and that the focus must now be on shaping a fairer health and care system – both for people who use services, and for those who work in them
Education Support, a charity "dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of the education workforce", carried out a recent survey on those in the teaching profession and the results were concerning. Details within
The planning committee rejected a motion calling for the public consultation surrounding the application for oil drilling in Arreton to be withdrawn and reintroduced at a different time
The Isle of Wight Green party say that whilst the planned massive increases in house building will be a win-win for short term speculators, "Islanders and our countryside will certainly be the losers"