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All except one spoke of their support for the campaign. Isle of Wight Labour s Richard Quigley and Our Island s Jonathan Bacon both said that they did not think the school should close. Nick Stewart, for the Liberal Democrats, called the threatened closure devastating and unnecessary. The Isle of Wight Green Party s Vix Lowthion and the leader of the Island Independents coalition, Cllr Debbie Andre, both called for more to be done to support struggling rural areas. Cllr Andre said: We fully support the efforts that are being made by Chillerton and Gatcombe Parish Council and local residents to establish a new governing body for the school and to promote the school in a positive light, to increase the uptake of places and secure the future of the school for generations to come.
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By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor
The Isle of Wight County Press ran this front page on March 6, two days after the first case was confirmed. It s hard to remember a time before Covid-19, but today marks exactly a year since the Isle of Wight s first case was recorded. One year on, 264 people have died and more than 6,640 cases have been recorded on the Isle of Wight alone. Back in March 2020, we knew little of coronavirus. We were awaiting the first official confirmation that this hitherto unknown virus had crossed The Solent. The Island s first case was confirmed on March 4 - although we didn t find out until later that it was already here.