NOT IN OUR STREET! CARISBROOKE RESIDENTS OBJECT TO HOMELESS HOSTEL
Carisbrooke residents worried about the effect a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) may bring to their street have been strongly objecting to a property’s change of use. Plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council to change the...
Read moreDetailsOFFICIALS CAUTIOUS OVER WHETHER IT WILL BE SAFE TO ‘OPEN’ THE ISLAND FOR EASTER
Caution over when to start encouraging tourists back to the Isle of Wight is being discussed as part of a gradual easing of restrictions. As COVID-19 infections drop across the country, government officials are expected to make an announcement on...
Read moreDetailsWORKS TO MAKE ST GEORGE’S WAY 3 LANES WIDE TO BEGIN SHORTLY
Further traffic improvement works in Newport are to get underway shortly, with plans to make St George's Way 3 lanes wide between Coppins Bridge and the Matalan roundabout. An Isle of Wight councillor has revealed that ‘quite a significant diversion’...
Read moreDetailsFRONT-FACING WORKERS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT COULD BE GIVEN COVID TEST TWICE A WEEK
A bid has been submitted by the Isle of Wight Council for lateral flow testing to be introduced for front-facing workers. The Department for Health and Social Care has yet to approve the council’s bid but the authority said it...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL SET TO SPEND £300,000 ON 2 SETS OF AVERAGE SPEED CAMERAS
Speed cameras are set to be bought by the Isle of Wight Council in a bid to tackle concerns over fast cars and motorbikes, but it comes at a staggering cost of £300,000. The money raised would not go to...
Read moreDetailsLEGAL ACTION OVER TROUBLED FLOATING BRIDGE DELAYED
Legal action on the Floating Bridge has been delayed — due to COVID-19. In an update about the troubled vessel at Tuesday's corporate scrutiny committee, Isle of Wight Council leader Dave Stewart said a new date for the case has...
Read moreDetails£7.33 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL TAX RISE AS FIRE PRECEPT SET FOR HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Isle of Wight residents will pay £7 more for the fire service precept this year, on top of the 7.1% Police precept increase and the 5% Isle of Wight Council increase. Previously, the amount residents pay towards the fire authority...
Read moreDetailsBONCHURCH RESIDENTS OBJECT TO HOUSING PLAN FOR FORMER SHOP THAT SHUT 11 YEARS AGO
Locals residents are asking for a planning application to be refused so an Isle of Wight village can get its ‘heart’ back — although the local shop has been closed for the past 11 years. An application has been submitted...
Read moreDetailsRETROSPECTIVE PERMISSION SOUGHT FOR MOTORCYCLE GROUP’S CLUBHOUSE NEAR BLACKGANG
Planning permission is being sought after a barn situated between Chale and Blackgang was rebuilt and turned into a motorcycle group’s clubhouse without consent. The retrospective application has been submitted by Mr and Mrs Colson after Isle of Wight Council...
Read moreDetailsVACCINATION HUB STOOD DOWN AFTER 8,155 FIRST DOSES ADMINISTERED
More than 8,000 health and social care staff have received their first dose of the COVID vaccine on the Isle of Wight, resulting in the St Mary's Hospital vaccine hub being stood down. In one of the biggest vaccine programmes...
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