NEW INITIATIVE TO GET 26,000 INACTIVE ISLANDERS BACK IN TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
With 26,000 inactive people on the Isle of Wight, a strategy is being devised to get people up and moving. As part of the Isle Of Wight Council’s focus on obesity this year, more is being done to reverse the...
Read moreDetailsPOPULAR VENTNOR TEA HUT LOOKS TO EXPAND OFFERING
A Ventnor Esplanade tea hut is looking to expand by adding a balcony area. Planning permission is being sought by Blake and Spencer to change its beach office, which currently stands above the beach at pavement level, into a cafe....
Read moreDetailsAPPEAL MADE TO THE PLANNING INSPECTORATE OVER NOKE COMMON HOUSES SCHEME
A fresh bid to build more houses at Noke Common has been launched. An appeal has been made to the Planning Inspectorate by Mr A. Button for houses on the site of the former Noke Common Dairy. Permission was previously...
Read moreDetailsSEAWEED REMOVAL COSTS IN VENTNOR INCREASE BY £12,000
The cost to remove seaweed from Ventnor Harbour has gone up by £12,000. Since the harbour was built it has suffered from seaweed brought in from the English Channel, which has had to be removed to retain a constant depth...
Read moreDetailsBARING ROAD HOUSING APPLICATION REJECTED FOR A SECOND TIME
Plans for homes on the edge of Gurnard and Cowes have been rejected a second time — for fears it would bridge the gap between the 2. Overruling planning officers’ recommendation, the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee earlier this...
Read moreDetailsPLANS AFOOT TO OPEN MENTAL HEALTH CAFE IN NEWPORT
A new mental health cafe could be opening up in Newport, to get people talking about the subject. In Thursday's Health and Wellbeing Board concerns were raised about how to get the Island talking about their mental health following the...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL APPROVE HOUSING PLAN FOR SANDOWN’S HISTORIC TOWN HALL
Plans to turn the Grade II listed Sandown Town Hall into housing have been passed by the Isle of Wight Council. Concerns, however, were raised about ensuring the history of the building on Grafton Street, which was built in 1869...
Read moreDetails75,000 ISLANDERS NOW VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 WITH FIRST DOSE
75,000 Islanders have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a staggering 62% of the Island's 16+ population. Data released by NHS England shows that every 75 to 79-year-old on the Isle of Wight has had their first...
Read moreDetailsTHIRD COVID-19 WAVE COULD HIT THE ISLE OF WIGHT THIS SUMMER
A third wave of COVID-19 could hit the Isle of Wight this summer, we are being warned. In a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s health and wellbeing board, the Island’s director of public health, Simon Bryant, said they...
Read moreDetailsMICRO-BREWERY PLANS FOR THE PILOT BOAT INN IN BEMBRIDGE
A new micro-brewery could be heading to Bembridge, adding to the refurbished Pilot Boat Inn. Plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, by George Bristow, to convert existing storerooms behind the inn to form a micro-brewery and...
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