Nearly £9million of extra funding is heading towards Isle of Wight schools. It comes as the Isle of Wight Council approves how funding from the Department for Education (DfE) will be distributed across schools. Overall, the Government has allocated more...

An Isle of Wight quarry could be extended to increase its operational life by more than 20 years. It comes as current predictions say the Cheverton Quarry, off Bowcombe Road, has only 2 years of chalk, gravel and sand left...

The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging the development of assisted living accommodation as there is a major shortfall on the Island. Assisted living or extra care housing allows older people to retain their independence for longer — not in...

The way decisions are made on the Isle of Wight Council will remain the same — for at least another year — after a move some have dubbed ‘undemocratic’. At a meeting this Wednesday, councillors were set to decide whether...

Godshill Primary School’s 'long journey of improvement' has paid off with a jump up in its Ofsted rating. Following a 2-day inspection in November last year, Godshill Primary is no longer ‘requires improvement’ but ‘good’ in the eyes of the...

Plans to install double yellow lines around Newport, Carisbrooke and Gunville have been deferred, which in turn has pushed back other decisions too. Nearly 60 schemes were set to be approved by the Isle of Wight Council’s cabinet last week....

Developers looking to build more than 20 homes on the Isle of Wight may have to stump up cash to pay for doctors’ surgeries. It is in new plans coming forward from the Isle of Wight Council which would see...

The clock is once again ticking to tidy up the derelict Ocean Hotel in Sandown after the latest appeal bid by its former owners failed. Phoenix Commercial Property Development (PCPD) have until 9th May to tidy up and secure the...

Network Rail is seeking permission to demolish a bungalow in Sandown as ground movement has prompted fears it could cause a landslip onto the Island Line train tracks. The empty bungalow – 15 Gordon Close, Sandown – currently sits on...

Deep concerns have been shared about the Isle of Wight Council’s finances after the authority revealed it would be getting less money from the Government than first thought for the year ahead. Despite the Isle of Wight Council supplying evidence...