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Try Olympic Sports In ‘Return To Sport’ Scheme

Aug 29th, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Council, Education, Events, Isle of Wight Event News, Lifestyle, News, Sport

The Isle of Wight Council’s Sports Unit is organising a series of sports courses for people who want to get more active. Five different sports are available with three beginning at various locations across the Island from 22nd September…



Complaints Up But No Maladministration In IW Council

Aug 29th, 2008 | By Gavin Foster | Category: Council, Isle of Wight, News

Out of the 59 complaints received last year by the Local Government Ombudsman, they made no findings of maladministration against the Isle of Wight Council. This is the fourth year running the ombudsman has not upheld a complaint made against the authority…



Isle of Wight Windfarm: Deadline Extended

Aug 28th, 2008 | By Kath Harvey | Category: Consultation, Council, Environment, Island MP, Isle of Wight, News

Island MP, Andrew Turner, today welcomed an extension for responses to a scoping report for a planned wind farm, which may be built at Cheverton, on the Isle of Wight. This is the third proposal for a wind farm on the site of which the project has only recently become public knowledge…



Do You Enjoy Looking After Children?

Aug 28th, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Council, Education, Isle of Wight, News

Isle of Wight Council’s Early Years Service is arranging an information evening to offer help and advice to those people who are considering registering as a childminder…



New Spa For The Heights

Aug 21st, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Advertising, Council, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News

Customers at the Isle of Wight Council’s, Heights leisure centre in Sandown can once again use all the facilities in the health suite.
A new spa has now been fully installed and has been open to the public since the weekend.  The new facility replaced the old spa that was several years old. The work meant [...]



Truancy Watch Expanded To Sandown And Shanklin

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Business, Council, Education, Government, Isle of Wight, News

Isle of Wight Council’s Truancy Watch scheme, which has already proved highly successful, is to be launched in Sandown and Shanklin…



Island To Fly Olympic Flag

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Advertising, Community, Council, Cowes, Entertainment, Events, Features, Isle of Wight Event News, Lead, Sailing, Sport

To celebrate the end of the Beijing Olympics and mark the start of the countdown to London in 2012, a spinnaker bearing the London 2012 logo is to be hoisted in front of the Needles on the Isle of Wight…



Dumped Vehicle Figures Plummet

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Council, Environment, Government, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News

A combination of tougher enforcement, new rules deterring would-be car dumpers and higher scrap metal prices have led to a massive drop in the number of wrecks being left on Island streets…