ROW BREAKS OUT OVER VIEWPOINT GRASS CUTTING
A row over who cuts the grass at a car park and viewpoint has left a parish council criticising the Isle of Wight Council. Residents had complained to Shalfleet Parish Council about the overgrown state of Bouldnor Viewpoint, off the...
Read moreDetailsESPLANADE HOTEL MAKES APPLICATION FOR FLAT CONVERSION
A hotel that has felt the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic is asking for permission to be turned into flats, 1 with holiday use. The Esplanade Hotel on Shanklin Esplanade has submitted an application to the Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsISLAND’S FIRE STATIONS SAID TO BE ‘BELOW STANDARD’ – SOME FEATURING LEAKY ROOFS
Lack of investment in fire stations on the Isle of Wight has meant the buildings are considerably below the standards of those in Hampshire. That is according to a report that was read out in a public meeting of the...
Read moreDetailsYARMOUTH’S DOCTORS SURGERY TO CLOSE FOR GOOD
Another GP surgery on the Isle of Wight is set to close — as doctors propose to turn it into a house. Yarmouth Surgery, on Station Road, part of the West Wight Medical Practice, is believed to be closed as...
Read moreDetailsROCKET RONNIES HEADING TO FORMER ARCADE IN RYDE
Plans to turn a Ryde Esplanade favourite into a pool hall are one step closer. An application has been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council by Ronnie Keates, of Rocket Ronnie’s Pool Hall in Newport, to turn a former...
Read moreDetailsSEAVIEW RESIDENTS UP IN ARMS AS 150-YEAR-OLD OAK TREE CUT DOWN
Seaview residents are in uproar after a much-loved, 150-year-old oak tree was cut down on the orders of one of the world’s best-known private schools. The oak tree stood on land next to the public footpath which overlooks Seagrove Bay...
Read moreDetailsNOT SO ‘GRAND DESIGNS’ – BINSTEAD DEVELOPMENT DOWNSIZED UNDER LATEST PLANS
NOT SO ‘Grand Designs’ after all — N New plans have been submitted for the Quarrhurst development in Binstead, which show that the property will be less grand than previously suggested. Plans were approved for the site, on Quarr Road,...
Read moreDetailsCOVID PANDEMIC SEES MORE ISLANDERS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health is getting worse on the Isle of Wight due to the COVID pandemic — with some people potentially missing out on services. At a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s health and wellbeing board on Thursday, health...
Read moreDetailsAVERAGE AGE OF ISLANDERS DYING FROM COVID-19 IS 85
The average age of hospital patients dying as a result of COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight is 85 and the oldest person to recover from the virus was 100, according to a report from the Isle of Wight NHS...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL APPROVES HOUSING STRATEGY WITH MORE THAN 2,100 PEOPLE ON THE REGISTER
With more than 2,100 people on the housing register, the Isle of Wight Council has approved a strategy which should address some of the challenges the Island faces. The strategy, which will run until 2025, was approved at a meeting...
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