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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…



Fraud Hotline To Fight Bogus Claims

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Appeal, Business, Council, Government, Interactive, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, Money, News

The Isle of Wight Council has welcomed the introduction of a new national fraud hotline designed to tackle the issue of fraudulent insurance claims. The new ‘Insurance Fraudline’ allows local people to report anyone they suspect is making false insurance claims against the council…



Mini Draw Deadline In Raffle My Bricks

Sep 27th, 2008 | By Citizen Media | Category: Advertising, Competition, Home News, Interactive, Lifestyle, News, Online News

Did you know? if you enter a competition to Win a House on the Isle of Wight and buy your ticket(s) before 1st October 2008, you will automatically be entered into a £1,000 Prize Mini-Draw. The owners of Firholme (pictured), after deciding to offer up their property in Totland as the top competition prize in a raffle…



New Look For Wightlink Website

Sep 19th, 2008 | By Citizen Media | Category: Advertising, Business, Home News, Interactive, News, Online News

Wightlink has relaunched its website after a radical year-long overhaul. The new website offers a greater range of information about travel to the Isle of Wight and has been designed to make it easier to navigate…



OFT Reveal Top Scams in UK

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Vincent Woods | Category: Business, Campaign, Government, Interactive, Islandwide, Money, News

The OFT have announced the results of its nationwide ‘Scamnesty’ campaign which reveals for the first time the scale of mass-marketed scam mailings targeting UK residents. The ‘Scamnesty’ campaign, held earlier in the year, and supported by the Isle of Wight Council, called on the public to fight back against the scammers by collecting any scam mailings and dropping them into designated ‘Scamnesty’ bins areas across the Island…



Employing Children & Young People: Is it Legal?

Sep 8th, 2008 | By Web Ferret | Category: Business, Community, Education, Government, Interactive, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News, Online News

The summer now almost at an end and the children on the Island having now returned to school, I read with interest of a few children who were, putting it mildly, a tad over zealous in their attempts to jump onto the workplace conduit…



Beautiful Island Scenes Photo Competition

Aug 29th, 2008 | By Carolyn Keene | Category: Arts, Competition, Featured News, Interactive, Isle of Wight Event News, News, Online News, Photography

The Isle of Wight County Press keen to acknowledge Island photographers and raise awareness of the extraordinary beauty of the Island, are calling for photographic submissions for their 2009 calendar…



Silver Surfer Week 2008

Aug 26th, 2008 | By John Coles | Category: Education, Interactive, Isle of Wight, News, Online News

Calling Silver Surfers of all levels, Silver Surfer Week 2008 is about to start a week-long campaign to help older people get in touch with the world through computer technology. Mark your calendar for events scheduled to take place 8th -12th September…