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New Garden Hair Salon Could Be Coming To Residential Street In Island Village (opens the original)
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A new appointment only hairdresser’s salon could open on a residential street in an Isle of Wight village. Nicola Evans has submitted a proposal for a retention of an existing detached garden building and change of use to a hairdressing salon at 8 Brook Furlong in Bembridge. Her application form says the premises will operate four days per week, with opening times listed as between Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. The submission says there will be around 200 lit
Isle of Wight Council could spend extra £340,000 on tourism marketing over five years (opens the original)
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Around £340,000 extra could be spent over five years by the Isle of Wight Council as part of a scheme to boost tourism and support visitor marketing. County councillors on the Economy, Regeneration, Transport and Infrastructure Committee (ERTIC) will consider whether to support the Wight BID 3 proposal for Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) next week. The plan would provide a sustainable funding mechanism to support destination marketing, visitor economy growth and wider tourism development over the nex
Warning Parking Charges Could “Kill” Fort Victoria (opens the original)
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Visitors to Fort Victoria have warned that introducing parking charges could have a serious impact on businesses at the popular beauty spot. The Isle of Wight Council is consulting on proposals to introduce charges at a number of car parks and streets across the Island, including Fort Victoria. The country park near Yarmouth is home to a 19th-century Grade II-listed fort, Cafe Verdi, coastal woodland, a nature trail and rock pools. Visitors spoken to at the site today (Wednesday) said charges co
"Beyond a joke" - dismay over proposed Fort Victoria parking fees (opens the original)
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Introducing parking charges at Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight would have a "devastating" effect on businesses and "kill the place", car park users have warned. The mood at the historic beauty spot near Yarmouth was downbeat this afternoon (Wednesday, September 30) as locals and visitors absorbed news of sweeping tariffs proposed for car parks and streets across the Island. Fort Victoria Country Park is the Isle of Wight's largest and most popular country park, owned and managed by County Hal
Reform UK email blunder exposes internal guidance (opens the original)
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Reform UK’s local government boss sent a dossier of internal policy and guidance papers to independent and Conservative Isle of Wight councillors by mistake. Ex-Conservative MP Ben Bradley, head of local government delivery at Reform, circulated an email to 12 Reform Island councillors, Isle of Wight Conservative chief Ed Blake and six independents. The communication “reiterates apologies” that “there hasn’t been enough support or engagement from Reform HQ up to this point”. Policies in the docu
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