The year since we upgraded to become OnTheWight (from VentnorBlog) has flown by! Thanks to everyone from coming with us - and a warm welcome to all of the new people who have joined us. Here's a quick recap on what's happened.
"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
The Green councillor believes that in order to make real savings the IW Council needs to ‘think out of the box’ long-term and tackle the causes of poverty and deprivation on the Island with new approaches.
Although traditional coach visitor and scheduled tours have declined across the UK in recent years, private hire trips, organised by groups and companies are increasing and have a higher spend per head.
In just over two weeks’ time, from the start of the new primary school year, a new initiative introduced by the Government will help parents in the Isle of Wight to save up to £1.3m on school lunches.