With mediation ongoing, the gap between settlement figures agreed by the council, the designer and builder of Floating Bridge 6 has been significantly narrowed, but no final agreement has yet been reached
The council say the deficit was accounted for in the last budget set in February, but the Government will help with a new 'Collection Fund' to help plug the gap
The handout to the ferry companies in the first lockdown "proves without doubt, that cross Solent Transport is in fact a special case", says Labour's Richard Quigley
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Isle of Wight has 11,000 women affected by the Government’s acceleration of the State Pension Age by Gov Acts for women born in 1950s. During this milestone week, Shelagh shares some great background.
Care England welcomes the proposal from two government committees for over-40s to pay an additional tax to help fund social care, but add that urgent support is needed for this struggling sector.
The national education spokesperson for the Green Party claims "local and national politicians who make speeches about social mobility, improving standards and increasing opportunities for young people outside of the classroom, really must step forward with urgency, put these words into action" and fight to save the Isle of Wight Studio School.
Isle of Wight cyclists head to Goodwood race circuit for the first in the summer series competing in the E123 race, and Joe Staunton travelled to Chilham in Kent to race in the Tour of the Hopfields Support Race.