HUNNYHILL’S PRE-SCHOOL PROVISION GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO ENSURE ‘CONTINUITY OF CARE’
The unused sixth form provision at Carisbrooke College will officially close at the end of December and changes in early years education at Hunnyhill Primary have been given the go ahead. Described as a ‘paper exercise’, pupils at Carisbrooke College...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL NEEDS TO FIND £3MILLION IN SAVINGS IN NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET SAYS LEADER
Council Leader Lora Peacey-Wilcox As Council Tax looks set to rise by the maximum amount for Islanders, the ruling party has said it hopes to change direction from just ‘managing decline’. The Isle of Wight Council budget is currently being...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL AGREE TO SPEND £50,000 ON ATTEMPT TO BECOME A DARK SKIES PARK
The Isle of Wight will try again to become an International Dark Skies Park after the council unanimously agreed to support the application. If the application is approved it would only be the 4th in England, joining Northumberland, Bodmin, and...
Read moreDetailsMASSIVE PRICE HIKE FOR GREEN WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE WILL GO AHEAD
The proposed 33% price hike for garden lovers signed up to the Isle of Wight Council’s green waste subscription has been approved. Ahead of renewals to subscriptions in September the price will rise from £6 to £8 a month, an...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL’S NEW WEBSITE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL SAYS SCRUTINY COMMITTEEE
An 18-month hold up with the Isle of Wight Council’s new £765,000 ‘enormous beast’ of a website must not be allowed to spiral out of control, the authority's scrutiny committee has warned. So far, £200,000 has been spent on the...
Read moreDetailsROW BREAKS OUT AT COUNTY HALL OVER WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULDN’T BE DECIDED IN PRIVATE
How best to ensure democracy is the question in the latest row at County Hall, as paperwork for Isle of Wight Council meetings increases. Some councillors say making all decisions in public wastes time on ‘trivial’ items, while others say...
Read moreDetailsCHILDREN’S SERVICES BUDGET CUTS WON’T NEGATIVELY IMPACT SAFETY OF YOUNGSTERS
The safety of children ‘will not be negatively impacted’ in the Alliance administration’s first budget since taking office, With council budgets being stretched even more following the impact of COVID-19 and savings plans, questions have been raised about what the upcoming...
Read moreDetailsNUMBER OF CHILDREN BEING PERMANENTLY EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL UP 70%
The Isle of Wight Council ‘needs to do better’ when it comes to permanently excluding pupils from school, a senior officer has said. Figures show permanent exclusions on the Island increased by 70% in the last school year — a...
Read moreDetails‘MAJOR IMPROVEMENT’ RATING FOR FARMER JACKS AFTER OUT OF DATE MEAT FOUND BY INSPECTORS
Visibly deteriorating goat meat, venison past its use-by date and waste meat overflowing from the bin led to the popular Isle of Wight farm shop 'Farmer Jacks' being slapped with a 'disappointing' 1 food hygiene rating. Following a visit by...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTFIBRE HIT BACK AT CLAIMS IT HAS A HIGHWAY FAILURE RATE AS HIGH AS 96%
WightFibre has hit back at comments by a senior councillor questioning whether they are one of the worst utility companies in the UK. Councillor Karl Love recently alleged he was told inspection of the works completed by WightFibre by Island...
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