WightFibre is being asked to answer to the Isle of Wight Council over the alleged ‘chaos’ it causes across the Island when installing cables. In 2017, WightFibre was awarded £35million to build a ‘full-fibre, future proof, ultrafast broadband network’ across...

Tesco has resubmitted plans for the Freshwater Co-op site takeover, removing the huge gantry sign planners had rejected. Last month, a planning application to install Tesco signs on and around the newly acquired Freshwater store was rejected due to one...

The return of the Floating Bridge could be delayed once again - despite already being pushed back to November - after further issues were identified. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Cowes to East Cowes service has been out...

Despite the Isle of Wight Council making 20 changes to the controversial Ryde Interchange scheme, those against the project are still describing it as a 'scandal in the making'. As part of the £10million Ryde Gateway project, the Isle of...

A Totland Bay care home has been put into special measures after inspectors found dirty bathrooms and bedrooms, unhappy staff and unsafe residents. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Seven Gables Residential Care Home as ‘inadequate’, dropping from ‘good’...

The licence for what is being dubbed the Solent’s first luxury floating restaurant has been granted after a single objection called the application before the Isle of Wight Council. Approved last week, by the licensing sub-committee, councillors considered concerns about...

Greenfield housing plans have officially been submitted in Seaview by the prestigious Eton College. Intention to build houses on the site by the world-famous college has been known for some time, but now plans for 9 2 to 4-bed houses...

“You don’t need to go to the mainland for your Covid booster” — that was the message from a frustrated Islander this week. The man told the Local Democracy Reporting Service he had been offered an appointment in Christchurch, Dorset,...

A bus lane running all the way around Coppins Bridge is one of the hopes for a new partnership between the Isle of Wight Council and Southern Vectis. More bus lanes, reduced journey times and cheaper fares are other ambitions....

Signage at Tesco’s latest Isle of Wight venture has been refused due to one sign being too tall. In the run-up to the opening of its new Freshwater store, taking over the Southern Co-Operative site, the supermarket giant submitted plans...