Side thrusters are the latest solution being put forward to solve the problem of the troubled Cowes Floating Bridge - costing yet more money. Isle of Wight Council officer Alex Minns told a meeting of the corporate scrutiny committee that...

The COVID-19 testing system ‘isn’t smart enough’ to recognise the water between the Isle of Wight and the mainland, admits the Island’s public health boss. Simon Bryant, the Isle of Wight’s director of public health, said the testing capacity nationally...

A touring caravan park on the outskirts of Newport could become static lodges in a bid to try and keep up with the current market. In an application submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, Mr S. Smith is asking...

A cut-through on the outskirts of Newport could be widened to allow 14 houses to be built on the agricultural land to one side of the lane. Planning permission has been submitted by Mrs C, Ferns, of the Cotton Trust,...

2 Isle of Wight landowners must return a site near Lake’s Merrie Gardens to its original state after losing their appeals with the Planning Inspectorate. The Isle of Wight Council says it is ‘delighted’ by the outcome, calling the work...

The future is challenging, but not bleak, according to the Isle of Wight’s tourism chief. Speaking at a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s policy and scrutiny regeneration and neighbourhoods committee, Will Myles, managing director of Visit Isle of...

A tree that has survived 2 World Wars is in danger of being removed if money for a new frame cannot be raised. After it was saved from being felled last year, there is now a renewed appeal to the...

New car parking charges on the Isle of Wight will be brought into force in 2 weeks’ time — including a price hike for residents who have to pay for parking permits. The Isle of Wight Council says it has...

The councillor involved in the scrutiny of the Isle of Wight Council’s decision to relinquish shares in a tidal energy company and give up rights attached to its £1 million loan has hit back at the ruling party. On Monday,...

Residents of Elmfield in Ryde have hit back at the decision to expand the Nicholson Road business park, despite new jobs on the horizon. The application for outline approval of the mixed-use business park in Ryde was approved last week...