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Friday October 9, 2009
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SERIAL HOAXER STRIKES AGAIN THE HMS Ark Royal, a Brittany ferry and a MOD Police Launch unit were all involved in a sea search on Wednesday afternoon, after a mayday call was received from a man
claiming to have been separated from his canoe. A massive rescue operation took place off the coast of St Catherine’s Point, after a call came through from a VHF radio.
The search was called off after five hours, and it is now thought that the call was a hoax. Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman, Fred
having been lost on the Island recently – the majority at Vestas – this is just another blow for the economy. A source close to Red Funnel told us how employees were informed of the planned job cuts, and what the company plans for the future. He said: “The directors are proposing a merger of workers at the call centre, marshalling yard and ticket office into one department. The idea is to
Wandering Cat
Cat returns home after epic 300-mile journey
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NEWS Everest Challenge
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RED FUNNEL JOB LOSSES
MANY employees who survive the latest redundancy cull by Red Funnel Ferries will be told they will have to multi-task, The Gazette has learned. More than 40 jobs will go throughout the four Red Funnel terminals in Cowes, East Cowes and Southampton. The company is hoping most of those who go will apply for voluntary redundancy. But with so many jobs
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shed numbers from around 70 to just 37 permanent core staff. Basically it means multi-tasking.” There are also plans for the Red Jet terminal in Cowes to become fully automatic after 8.0 in the evening, according to the source. He continued: “There will be an automatic ticket machine, and there is even talk that the vessels will dock automatically.
Sandown pupils climb Everest to raise money for the Hospice
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FEATURE
IW Marathon
Good turnout for the annual IW marathon
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