The final part of the first phase of the Highways PFI project is yet to be signed off, despite now being 15 months late. Initially supposed to last for 7 years, from April 2013 to March 2020, the Core Investment...

A delay to the launch of a new NHS data-collection platform — which will store everyone’s GP records — has been welcomed by Healthwatch Isle of Wight. Surrounded by concerns over privacy and a lack of communication, the Government announced...

The Isle of Wight’s first wheelchair-friendly playground has been given the green light by planning officials. Proposed by Godshill Parish Council, the play park on Central Mead, off Godshill High Street, will be built to include inclusive equipment. Approved by...

A mother is battling with the Isle of Wight Council to get her son an education which will see him flourish. In a fight to get an education, health, and care plan (EHCP) for her son, Caiden, Freya Sadler has...

The controversial planning application to build holiday units on protected woodland in Bembridge will be refused, according to the local Isle of Wight councillor. The application had attracted more than 300 objections. Newly elected Councillor Joe Robertson said he was...

A Cowes pub is asking to extend the hours music can play at night — but one local resident says the music is so loud they cannot sleep. Due to be determined at a meeting of the Isle of Wight...

Houses are planned for a greenfield site in Seaview, where residents have previously worried any development would close the gap between 2 villages. Plans submitted to the Isle of Wight Council by Phil Salmon Planning are for 8 houses built...

Empty office space in Freshwater village, in what used to be a Lloyds Bank, is proposed to be flats. Plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council to renovate and alter the Tennyson Buildings, on the corner of...

A nail studio in St Helens will not have to be taken down after a retrospective planning application was granted permission. Built over lockdown to ensure the business could be as Covid-secure as possible, the outbuilding used as a nail...

The future of a Niton pottery has been saved – after plans to turn the shop were withdrawn following a public backlash. Plans were submitted to turn the Tregear Pottery studio on Niton High Street into a three-bed bungalow, by...