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Leaders of all the main parties and groups will be taking part in a hustings tonight at the Apollo Theatre, Newport. If you can't make it along follow our live reporting here.
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Find out more about the people who are looking to represent you on the Isle of Wight council for the next four years. Read on our new election site what they have to say about themselves and how they answer four topical questions.
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Ian Ward, a past Chairman of the Isle of Wight council and current IW Conservative Chairman, has received criticism over his Retweet of Tommy Robinson, the notorious ex-leader of EDL.
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The Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats have announced their prospective parliamentary candidate - who is one of the youngest LibDem candidates in the country.
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Jonathan Dodd returns with his Sunday column and this week talks politics ... well, not so much the actual politics, but rather the process for choosing who to elect. Thought provoking as always.
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Iain McKie had support of a prominent local party member to stand under the UKIP banner, but he's totally opposed to the national party's plans for a ban on Burqas. This isn't the last we'll hear from him though.
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The resident group KILF believes it's vital for Island Line's survival that this Isle of Wight train line must stay within the South Western Rail Franchise. Here are the results they've shared with OnTheWight of responses they got when asking for assurances from each of the local election candidates on the route.
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More women are standing this time compared to four years ago. OnTheWight takes a look at the spread of women across the various political parties to see who came out on top.
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The election material of the Shanklin councillors has been investigated and reviewed by senior police within Gold Command. It's been found there "certainly has been a breach" of electoral law.
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It won't be the members of the Isle of Wight Conservative Association making the decision of who will be selected as prospective parliamentary candidate in the general election, just the Executive, but even that decision is now delayed.
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The response to OnTheWight breaking the story about Andrew Turner's 'homosexuality is wrong' comment have been rapid and furious. It's all over the nationals, raising much comment.
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No Conservative or UKIP candidates have yet agreed to take part in the Facebook election Q&A organised by Linda Bassett. Other candidates willing to engage with voters will be answering questions on Monday and Tuesday.
