“We have all been duped and not told the truth about climate change” - that was the claim of a veteran Isle of Wight councillor at a meeting last week. When debating whether or not the Isle of Wight Council...

Plans for 7 houses in Gurnard have once again been turned down. Previously rejected last year, a second application put forward by Glen Hepburn, of Hepburns Planning Consultancy, have followed the same route, with planning officers finding 6 reasons to...

Mental health, substance misuse and medical workforce recruitment — despite the benefits of living on the coast, England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, has said more needs to be done to address health inequalities coastal communities face. In his annual...

The new leader of the Isle of Wight Council has said it would be no good raising the amount it pays its staff to a real living wage if it meant cuts to services or a loss of jobs. In...

Controversial planning reforms — which could see the Isle of Wight forced to build an extra 1,045 houses a year — may have been paused by the government. Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed the potential pause as...

A step forward has been made in the Isle of Wight’s fight against climate change. In an important and fundamental decision, the Isle of Wight Council has approved ‘Mission Zero’, the climate and environmental strategy which sets out how the...

The deadline for mandatory COVID vaccinations in care home staff are moving ever closer, adding to staffing pressures in social care on the Isle of Wight, Those working in care homes or any professional visiting a care home regulated by...

Councillors have agreed to support a bid, as part of a UK-wide competition, to make Newport a city. Joining the likes of Ballymena, Dunfermline and Southend-on-Sea, the Isle of Wight Council has now expressed its intention to submit a bid...

A petition to get the changes to Ryde Esplanade to go through the planning process has been rejected despite one councillor calling the scheme ‘sheer vandalism’. Being presented to the full Isle of Wight Council on Wednesday, residents against the...

Sandown Bay is a better area to bear the brunt of the Island’s housing need than the West Wight, according to a Freshwater councillor. Councillor John Medland’s comments were prompted by the plan for 130 homes in Freshwater, which he...