News

The School Newsletter reporting on last week's hectic activities is now available for us all to share.

The Town Council's annual report for the year 2009/10 has just been published. In addition to the usual Facts & Figures, it carries a message from the Mayor and highlights from a year with many successes for the Town.

The first business of the Annual Town Council Meeting held on Thursday 27 May was the election of the Town Mayor for 2010, closely followed by that of the Deputy Town Mayor. Councillor Lodi Brand as Mayor and Councillor Mariane Sullivan as Deputy were unanimous appointments.

The Isle of Wight Council has just announced the arrangements for the final round of consultations on the future of the Youth Service - with implications for Brading's Youth Club.

An over-large vehicle litterally jammed Brading High Street yesterday, too long to turn the corner at the Bullring. It hit the 'No RIght Turn' sign before reversing and going over to the 'wrong' side of the road to get round the corner. Dave Cassell supplies the picture proof...

Brading Primary School's weekly Newsletter has been published covering the very busy last week and including lots of news and details of forthcoming events.

The Isle of Wight Council has announced today that temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am to 4pm on Thursday 20 May to renew a water stop tap outside No 38 High Street.

Figures published yesterday by the Neighbourhood Statistics Unit show the gap between the performance at GCSE of the Island's schools and the regional and national averages is actually rising.

In an amazing achievement, Brading Town FC yesterday becamse the top football Club on the Island as they beat local rivals Newport 2-1 after extra time to win the Isle of Wight Gold Cup in front of over 370 spectators.

At an inaugural meeting last Friday, the Brading Residents Action Group (BRAG) was formally established as Brading Residents Association with a constitution, appointed officers and formal membership.