The Coastal Centre has a fascinating history, it was bought by the local Ventnor council in 1945 with a loan from the Ministry of Health. Now the Isle of Wight council want to sell it off to the highest bidder rather than let the local council have it for community use.
"David's tireless enthusiasm, determination of will and hard-working ethic always was for the better-good of Ventnor," says one of his closest colleagues
Labour candidate Stewart Blackmore says he has already spent nine months talking to tens of thousands of Islanders and intends to try his very best to remove what he calls "one of the most right wing MPs from Westminster".
We rarely attended Cabinet meetings when the previous administration were in power because, in our view, votes could pretty much be predicted from a distance. The same is probably true today.
Fantastic news for Ventnor as it's confirmed this morning the Town Council is among 50 Coastal Communities Fund winners to receive a significant grant from the Government. Well done to all involved in securing the funding.
Despite questions from scrutiny members being answered prior to last week's Cabinet meeting, three members of the Scrutiny Committee are planning to call-in the decision to agree a 26 year lease to Ventnor Town Council which would have seen the building remain in use by the local community.