10 cases of COVID-19 have been found in Isle of Wight schools since Friday, the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed. Speaking at a meeting of the Local Outtbreak Engagement Board today (Thursday), cabinet member for children’s services, Councillor Paul...

The Isle of Wight Council will press ahead with the idea of a Medina Bridge, despite potentially prohibitive costs. A feasibility study to understand the potential cost-benefit analysis for a crossing over the River Medina was undertaken recently by Hampshire...

Up to 50 houses could be built on Puckpool Hill - opposite the former Harcourt Sands Holiday Park Following pre-application consultation earlier in the year, the applicant RJB SIBA Trust has put forward outline plans for a range of 2...

Nearly 3 years in the making — a masterplan which could drastically change the face of Newport Harbour could be approved this week. The draft form of the Newport Harbour Masterplan (NHM) lays out the Isle of Wight Councils ambitious...

The leader of the Isle of Wight Council has had to defend a visit to Floating Bridge 5 — after pictures appeared to show the group may not have been adhering to COVID guidelines. It emerged last week a group...

‘Deeply unloved and deeply unwanted’ — residents of a road in St Helens are fighting back against a planning appeal which argues the nature of the road. Outline development plans for 57 houses on the former Guildford Park camping site,...

More than 40 objections have been submitted for a development on the outskirts of Newport, with neighbours fearing it could be turned into a rat-run. A planning application has been submitted by Mrs C Ferns, of the Cotton Trust, to...

The 20-24 years age group is the hotspot for COVID-19 cases on the Isle of Wight, the latest figures have revealed. Cases in that segment are rising faster than any other age group according to figures released by Public Health...

A developer is appealing the decision of the Isle of Wight Council to reject planning permission for 57 houses — over a disagreement about whether a road is actually a road. The proposed outline development of a former campsite in...

The new £4.5million West Wight school has been given the go-ahead — but concerns were raised over child safety and lack of a pedestrian crossing. The fate of the former All Saints’ Primary School building in Freshwater was sealed at...