‘Small’ problems are being overlooked in the multi-million-pound update of the St Mary’s roundabout in Newport, says the ward councillor. The roundabout-turned-junction is set to be finished by the end of the year, according to the Isle of Wight Council,...

“We just want honest answers” — members of a floating bridge stakeholders group are asking the Solent LEP to step in to help the Isle of Wight get the truth as the fiasco continues into October. In a letter to...

The decision to stop Isle of Wight Council funding of a tidal energy scheme off the Island coastline has been ratified. The council’s corporate scrutiny committee voted yesterday (Monday) to back the cabinet’s decision to extend the term of its...

The decision made by the Isle of Wight Council to stop funding the tidal energy project near St Catherine’s is to be looked at again. Plans for the tidal energy centre have been mooted since 2013, when the council got...

An extension to the Ryde’s Nicholson Road business park has been given the green light. At a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee, proposals from planning officers were approved to grant permission for the extension of Nicholson...

Signed, sealed but not yet delivered — a former post office in Freshwater could become 7 flats if planning permission is granted. Sitting in the centre of Freshwater, the former Royal Mail sorting and post office, next to Hurst’s, has...

Patients could wait over a year for surgery at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, it has been revealed. One concerned resident had been told the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery at St Mary’s Hospital was 60 weeks long —...

Despite COVID-19 fears and Police objections, a ‘nuisance’ restaurant in Ryde has been given a half-hour extension to its licence. The owner of Harbour House, a restaurant and cocktail bar on the Esplanade in Ryde, Leigh Hyatt, submitted an application...

The ‘utter chaos’ of getting a doctor’s appointment has been outlined to the body which oversees the Isle of Wight’s GPs, with 1 patient saying they made 155 calls before getting through. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic started and GP...

Things turned ugly at a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council on Wednesday, as microphones picked up muttered insults directed at 2 councillors. At a virtual meeting of the full council, proceedings were halted twice as it was determined...