Despite more than 400 objections, the Isle of Wight Council is being asked to approve the introduction of controversial parking charges along Gurnard seafront. As part of income generation schemes included in the 2020/21 council budget last year, 3 new...

The councillor in charge of education on the Isle of Wight Council has rebutted claims only 400 laptops have been given out to Island children. Councillor Julie Jones Evans told a council scrutiny meeting she was concerned the number was...

Questions are being raised over what the Isle of Wight Council is doing to help children who do not have access to online learning as the country is in another lockdown. With COVID restrictions now stopping the majority of children...

‘Work needs to be done soon or the whole site could be lost’ — that's the dire message the owners of East Cowes’ Norris Castle. Tucked away at the top of the town, next to the Osborne Estate, with views...

The Isle of Wight Council is taking steps towards forcibly buying a Sandown eyesore. Derelict buildings on the corner of Fitzroy Street and Station Avenue are the potentially the subject of the council’s first Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) since the...

Plans to use a former health and day care centre in Ventnor to extend a popular hotel have been submitted. Called a ‘good opportunity’ in planning documents, The Hambrough Group are asking for planning permission to add to its accommodation...

A review of a notoriously nasty junction, which was at the centre of a major incident in 2019, has concluded that traffic lights are not the answer but instead a hedge will be moved. In April 2019, a 3-vehicle crash...

Planning permission to build houses on the outskirts of Newport has been refused after more than 50 objections were received. An application for 14 homes on the commuter cut-through Landscape Lane, which connects Staplers Road and Long Lane, was received...

After declaring a climate emergency and with an aim to achieve net zero carbon by 2030, plans are being made to help the Isle of Wight combat climate change. Following a climate motion in 2019 to bring the Isle of...

A full review of speed limit and transport policies on the Isle of Wight including the introduction of more 20mph areas is being recommended. Police, however, say the enforcement of 20mph speed restrictions has a very low priority status due...