Full report from Wednesday evening's Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel meeting where the future of the Isle of Wight Music Service was discussed.
Are the council getting rattled about the public reaction? In a very unusual move, the council is issuing a press release in advance of a scrutiny meeting.
The BBC's investigative radio programme, File on 4, will tonight (8pm) report on its findings about senior council officials being paid through Limited companies, a la Dave Burbage Consulting Ltd at Isle of Wight council.
We question whether there are parallels with the story about the head of the Student Loans company, Ed Lester, and the two stories we ran last year about council employees being paid through limited companies.
If you missed the State of the Island Debate on Saturday, our extensive notes should give you a flavour of what was discussed. Residents' ideas will be fed back to Full Council tomorrow evening.
The Isle of Wight Council and Southampton City Council are set to appoint a joint director of environment for an initial six month trial to create savings of £62,000 per annum