COVID-19 may have cancelled its 2020 event but organisers of Isle of Wight Takeover, which attracts hundreds of car enthusiasts to the Isle of Wight, are confident the event can go ahead next month. Submitting a licensing application to the...

In the week which saw all over 30s now eligible to have their COVID vaccines, the Isle of Wight vaccinated almost 8,000 more people including 2,187 first doses - despite concerns that under 40s cannot book a jab locally. Latest...

Plans to condense 3 flats back into a single house, to ‘restore the grandeur of the residence’, have been submitted for a Ryde seafront property. Windsor House, on St Thomas’s Street in Ryde, is currently subdivided across the levels, which...

The future of the Isle of Wight Council will be decided tomorrow (Wednesday) when the leadership will be voted on at an important annual meeting. Since the results of the election, announced on 7th May, who is in charge of...

A councillor is trying once again to end prayers being said at the start of full Isle of Wight Council meetings. Since 2005, when he was elected, Cllr Geoff Brodie has been fighting the practice and has submitted his latest...

Smoother pathways to faster, more effective cancer treatment for Islanders are a priority for IW NHS Trust bosses. Getting the trust’s performance in cancer where it needs to be was listed as a target by the trust’s chief operating officer,...

The size of a proposed glamping site on the edge of Newport has been more than halved in hopes it will gain approval from the Isle of Wight Council, after previously being rejected. Plans for the site on Blackwater Road,...

Outgoing leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Dave Stewart, has used his last council report to list the achievements of the Conservative-led administration in the past year. Following the polls earlier this month, Mr Stewart lost his seat on...

As the Isle of Wight surpasses the 150,000 Covid vaccine mark, younger age groups are being invited to book in. Latest data from NHS England published today (Thursday), and recorded by the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS), shows a total...

Plans to convert an empty and dilapidated 32-bed hotel in St Lawrence into 2 houses, as well as adding 6 tourism units on the grounds, have been unveiled. Turner Holiday Rentals submitted the plans to the Isle of Wight Council...