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SCHOOL FEDERATION TO DISBAND AS HEADTEACHER DECLARES ‘WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR PATH’
After 12 years the Isle of Wight Education Federation is to disband, as Carisbrooke College, Medina College and The Island VI Form focus on improving their Ofsted ratings as separate schools. It has been announced today (Tuesday) that the formal...
Read moreDetailsNEW ISLAND PRIEST REV TONY LAWRENCE TO VISIT LOCALS ON HIS VESPA
The new priest-in-charge of 4 parishes on the Isle of Wight will be easy to spot when he's haring around the countryside in his leathers. The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, has appointed the Rev Tony Lawrence...
Read moreDetailsRYDE FIRE STATION TO BECOME WHOLETIME AS SERVICE BATTLES RESILIENCE CHALLENGES
Ryde Fire Station is set to become a wholetime station in the future - operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - as Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service battles against resilience challenges on the...
Read moreDetailsMAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO BITE MOTHER’S HEAD ENTERS GUILTY PLEAS
An Island man who tried to bite his own mother on the head after demanding her purse and bank card is to be sentenced next month. Joshua Green, 34, of HMP Isle of Wight appeared by video link at the...
Read moreDetailsMP CRITICISES COUNCIL FOR PUTTING OFF SCHOOL CLOSURES UNTIL AFTER LOCAL ELECTIONS
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has slammed Alliance Councillors for disgracefully delaying decisions about school place planning until after the council elections next year, stating that delaying decision-making until 2025 puts unviable schools at risk of financial failure. On...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTLINK MADE £16MILLION PROFIT IN LAST FINANCIAL YEAR AFTER 10% REVENUE GROWTH
Wightlink made a profit of £16million in the financial year to March 2023, according to the company's latest financial figures. The cross-Solent operator published its accounts - which are available on Companies House - on 8th January, covering the period...
Read moreDetailsAFTER 23 YEARS COLOSSUS LEAVES ROBIN HILL FOR THE MAINLAND
One of the main attractions at Robin Hill, the swinging galleon boat ride 'Colossus', has been shipped to the mainland this week. Colossus was a brand new ride when it arrived at Downend in the year 2000, but after some...
Read moreDetailsPREMISES AND OWNERSHIP CHANGE FOR LEGENDARY CONVENIENCE SHOP IN NETTLESTONE
A convenience store in the heart of Nettlestone is to close, but a new, vibrant shop is to open just across the road in the former Roadside Inn pub later this week. Vic's Stores (Londis), of Nettlestone Green, is to...
Read moreDetailsTHEME FOR 2024 MARDI GRAS EVENT ANNOUNCED AS ‘THE STORY OF CARNIVAL’
New Carnival has unveiled its Isle of Wight Mardi Gras 2024 theme as ‘The Story of Carnival’: From Ancient Roots to Global Party. At Quay Arts on Wednesday 17th January, New Carnival held the launch of Mardi Gras set to...
Read moreDetailsJACK UP SUMMER PARTY TICKETS TO GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK
Tickets to the 2024 Jack-Up Summer Party are to go on sale from Friday 2nd February. The stage will come alive with world-class tribute acts paying homage to music legends such as Take That, Bryan Adams, Lionel Richie, McBusted, Steps,...
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