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Closure of Chillerton and Rookley Primary School suspended by new council leadership, says Save Our School The first visible action taken by Debbie Andre in her new role as Cabinet member for education has been to suspend the closure of Chillerton and Rookley Primary School, says Save Our School campaign Plans to close Chillerton and Rookley Primary School have been suspended, says Cllr Debbie Andre, the new Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Education and Skills. Parents and members of ...

Email The path to winning appointment to Long Island’s highly paid police forces has been more than three times tougher for Black would-be officers than for white applicants and twice as tough for Hispanic job seekers in recruitment by the Nassau and Suffolk County departments, a Newsday investigation has found. With thousands more people seeking jobs than the number needed by the two forces, the investigation revealed that since 2012, each county’s hiring process rejected minorities at ra...

Scroll down for video... The utility firm is working to fix a major problem with the towns main sewer. The pipe takes waste from 27,000 homes in Ryde, Nettlestone and Binstead, pumping 900 litres - almost a tonne - of water every second, to the Sandown treatment works. A huge over pump is in place, running along the pavement, from Appley to Ryde Canoe Lake, bypassing the problem sewage pipe, which caused a sinkhole to open up in January. Keith Herbert, area manager for Southern Water at t...

Sagicor General strengthens relationships with brokers in Eastern Caribbean Share this post: Sagicor General Insurance Inc (SGI) recently launched the first in a series of virtual Broker Engagements to be conducted in Antigua, Dominica and St Lucia. It’s a move which is designed to strengthen relationships between brokers and the company which is ramping up business in the region in order to meet customers wherever they are. The first in these series of meetings was held in early March betwee...

Email Long Island’s two county police departments are among a small minority of America’s largest local law-enforcement agencies that have spurned broad use of body-worn cameras, even as deadly encounters between officers and unarmed Black people increased calls for greater police transparency and accountability. A Newsday survey of the nation’s 50 largest law-enforcement agencies found just three that had not equipped large numbers of officers with body cameras before 2020: The Nassau a...

PARENTS of pupils at an at-risk Isle of Wight primary school are asking for help to save it from closure.  Chillerton and Rookley Primary Schools future has been placed under threat after only 34 of a potential 91 places were taken, with no first-preference applications received for the 2021/22 academic year. In a last-ditch bid to secure the schools future, parents are now asking for the public to submit views to the council as part of a Save Our School campaign started on Monday Februa...

Isle of Wight Radio 3:00pm - 7:00pm Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Ryde Sinkhole Repairs Will Take Several Weeks By Oliver Dyer The firm has been working to fill the void on Appley seafront since Monday (25). It first appeared on Sunday 17 - and has only got wider and deeper. Southern Water says the mains sewer below the surface is the cause. Tankers and pumps have been in the area and more work to find a permanent solution will commence next week.  ...