Government

NHS Campaign To Highlight Fraud

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Alison Toney | Category: Campaign, Community, Government, Isle of Wight, News

This is Fraud Awareness Month, posters and leaflets highlighting the damaging effects of fraud against the National Health Service (NHS) are being distributed across the Isle of Wight…



Graduate Boost For Island Ambulance Service

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Alison Toney | Category: Awards, Community, Government, Isle of Wight, News, People

Two members of the Island’s top performing Ambulance Service have become the first to graduate from a new foundation degree programme. The first two students to qualify after taking the three-year course are Hilary Tomlinson and Fiona Parrott…



Primary Pupils Taught Road Safety

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Education, Government, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, News

Showing pupils who are beginning school how to cross the road safely is a top priority for Isle of Wight Council. The local authority is continuing to visit schools with its ‘On-road Pedestrian Training Courses’ for Year 1 pupils across the Island.
Primary schools book a course that is spread across four sessions that last one [...]



Who’s Afraid of Mice?

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Alison Toney | Category: Awards, Education, Government, Interactive, Isle of Wight, News

The Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust’s IT Training Department have made it through to the final stage of the British Computer Society IT Industry Awards 2008 in the Public Sector Organisation of the Year category…



Island Students Hit By EMA Delay

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Carolyn Keene | Category: Education, Funding, Government, Isle of Wight, Lead, National News, News

Hundreds of Isle of Wight students have been hit by delays in the payment of their Education Maintenance Allowances. The problems came to light last week as students headed back to educational establishments for the start of the new term…



Body Found At Compton Bay Identified As Missing Man

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Duncan Smith | Category: Community, Government, Isle of Wight, News

Police on the Isle of Wight have identified the body of a man which was found on the beach near Compton Bay on the morning of Wednesday, October 1st…



Island Fuel Spill

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Duncan Smith | Category: Community, Environment, Government, Isle of Wight, News, Travel

Motorists on the Isle of Wight are being told to avoid Brading and the roads into and out of the town after two vehicles leaked fuel onto the roads…



UK Older People’s Day

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Carolyn Keene | Category: Campaign, Government, Isle of Wight, News, People

Today, is UK Older People’s Day and the Department for Work and Pensions is working with a wide range of organisations to encourage people to hold celebratory events that bring people of all ages together. for its FULL OF LIFE - UK OLDER PEOPLE’S DAY 1st October 2008…