“We have laughed and cried but staff have worked hard in an ever-changing COVID environment" - they are the words of Victoria Bamford, site manager of the drive-through COVID test centre on the Island, who has shared what the past...

Ryde Town Council is already planning improvements for when it takes on the town’s harbour. Following 2 years of discussions, it was agreed last month, Ryde Town Council would be treated as special purchaser of Ryde Harbour. This means when...

Dementia patients on the Isle of Wight are continuing to be prescribed antipsychotic medication — which can be potentially harmful — despite not having a diagnosis. The Alzheimer’s Society, a dementia charity, said it was ‘extremely concerned’ about the rise...

‘Bland and poorly designed’ proposals to change a once-popular sweet shop on Ryde High Street into a home have been rejected. The application, submitted by MDJ Architectural Services, has been refused by the Isle of Wight Council after more than...

‘COVID is to blame not the council’ — that is the response from Isle of Wight Tories to criticism they haven’t met their 2017 manifesto pledge on Island schools. At the last council elections, a key part of their manifesto...

The owners of the former Harcourt Sands Holiday Park in Puckpool have put in another planning application, to keep their scheme alive. The heavily wooded, eastern part of the site would hold 93 houses if permission is granted for phase...

A dance business has grown so much the owner is now looking for a permanent studio. The owner of The Starlight Boutique, Mrs Bowdrey, is looking to have a full-time dance space in a unit at Barry Way, Newport Business...

Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been cut in the Isle of Wight Council’s street light spending over the past 5 years thanks to investment in LED lighting. Figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show in...

Food hygiene ratings are being dished out on the Isle of Wight after COVID caused a hiatus in inspections. During the height of the pandemic last year, the Isle of Wight Council environmental health officers focused on urgent reactive work,...

A nail studio in a St Helens back garden, built over lockdown to ensure Covid security, is applying for retrospective planning permission – but a neighbour is not happy. Applying to use the outbuilding as a nail studio in her...