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On-line news websites include Island Echo, [125] launched in May 2012, and On the Wight. [ 126 ] The island has a local commercial radio station and a community radio station: commercial station Isle of Wight Radio has broadcast in the medium-wave band since 1990 and on 107.0 MHz (with three smaller transmitters on 102.0 MHz) FM since 1998, as ...
Political career. Robertson was elected to Isle of Wight Council in 2021. He served as the Conservative group leader between 2021 [5] and 2023. [6] He was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate in June 2023 for the newly created Isle of Wight East constituency [7] as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
The Isle of Wight County Press is a local, compact newspaper published every Friday on the Isle of Wight. It had an audited circulation of 23,006 copies, [2] compared to a local population of 140,500. The paper saw a drop in circulation of 13,657 between December 2009 and December 2017 (37.25%). In December 2020 the paper published an article ...
2021 Isle of Wight Council election. Elections to Isle of Wight Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. These were held at the same time as the elections for the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner. [1] The elections saw the Conservatives lose control of the council, losing seats against the ...
From the 2024 general election onwards, the Isle of Wight has been split into two constituencies; Isle of Wight East and Isle of Wight West. Prior to this, the Isle of Wight formed a single constituency. The constituency was traditionally a battleground between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Between 1974 and 1987, the seat was a ...
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight which runs along the island's east coast and links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin. Trains connect at Ryde Pier Head with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour, and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network via the Portsmouth Direct Line. The line also connects ...
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British Army. Rank. Captain. Robert William Henry Seely[2] MBE (born 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight from 2017 until the constituency was split in two in 2024. [3] Seely is a former journalist and soldier.