Isle of Wight Council is reminding residents that parking charges both on street and in council-run car parks will be in force over the Christmas and new year period as normal. This follows national media reports that some councils will be enforcing charges on Boxing Day. This may cause some confusion as Boxing Day is [...]
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CLOSING TAX OFFICE IS ‘SHORTSIGHTED’
Andrew Turner has reacted angrily to the news that many of the services carried out by the tax office at Apex House at St Cross Business are to be withdrawn, with the loss of 29 out of 37 jobs. The announcement was made today as part of a closure programme of 130 offices around the [...]
EAST COWES PLAN MOVES A STEP FORWARD
MAJOR plans that will transform and regenerate East Cowes have taken a significant step forward. The partners involved in £200 million-plus East Cowes Project have agreed a timetable in which the first phase of the development will be delivered. They have also formed a partnership Project Board, comprising key stakeholders, that will meet regularly to [...]
SATISFACTION WITH COUNCIL SERVICES
Results released today in the latest annual residents’ survey indicate more Island residents are satisfied with the way the council is running things than they did a year ago. The findings are an encouraging sign that residents are seeing improvements, but other areas of the survey underline the need for the council to continue to [...]
ISLAND NAMED AS TOP TOURIST SPOT
THE ISLE of Wight has been named as “destination of the month” by Enjoy England – the official website for tourism in England. The Island’s long hot summers, spectacular coastal scenery, attractions and heritage are cited as reasons to visit the “diamond shaped isle” on the south coast by the tourism body. Isle of Wight [...]
RYDE GATEWAY WORK TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER 2007
WORK to transform one of the Island’s main gateways by creating a modern multi-million pound transport interchange in Ryde will begin in early October. The multi-million pound Ryde Interchange project will draw together the hovercraft, train and bus terminals and taxi rank around one landmark development. It will be the largest project of its type [...]
TWO ISLAND THEATRES SET TO REMAIN OPEN
BOTH Ryde Theatre and Shanklin Theatre are set to be kept open whilst the Isle of Wight Council seeks commercial partners to take over the two venues or, redevelop them. The decision to keep the theatres open was agreed by the Isle of Wight Council’s Cabinet at a meeting in Bembridge today (10th July), following [...]
COAST CONFERENCE BRINGS DIVIDEND
Networking at the recent international conference on ‘Landslides and Climate change’, held in Ventnor last month, is already generating potential finances to assist the Island with its coastal and geotechnical studies and investigations. Italian delegates who came to the conference were so impressed that they wish to contribute 200,000 euros (approximately 140,000 pounds) towards a [...]
PRIMARY SCHOOL PROVIDES AREAS OF STRENGTH
Ofsted inspectors have given Carisbrooke CE Primary School a Grade 2 ‘Good’ rating in its latest inspection. The school which is based on Wellington Road is described as giving a ‘good education for pupils and there are some areas of real strength’. Pupils also talk enthusiastically of how they enjoy going to school and they [...]
NEW HEADTEACHER IS TO OVERSEE 2 VENTNOR SCHOOLS
St Boniface CE and St Wilfrid’s Catholic will be run by one ‘corporate’ headteacher
BUSINESSES ASKED TO MAKE ROUNDABOUTS MORE BEAUTIFUL
A NEW APPROACH to planting has brought a colourful and natural benefit to a Newport roundabout — and businesses are now being asked to help create more spectacular designs. Android Apps | Indonesian Culture | Android Stuff | Flora Fauna | Happynes | Itechno News | beauty places | Healthy Tips | Seo Tutorial | [...]
HUNNYHILL PRIMARY GIVEN IMPRESSIVE OFSTED
‘Pupils talk of their great enjoyment of school’. That’s one of the findings of inspectors
GASIFICATION PLANT “FIRST OF ITS TYPE” IN THE UK
Isle of Wight Council has announced that Island residents will be the first in the UK to benefit from a pioneering government-backed technology that enables the creation of green energy from waste. Construction of a new ‘gasification’ plant — the first of its type in the UK – will generate 2.3MW of electricity, which is [...]
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