WARD COUNCILLOR RAISES CONCERNS OVER ‘SMALL’ PROBLEMS AT ST MARY’S JUNCTION
‘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,...
Read moreDetailsFLOATING BRIDGE FIASCO CONTINUES BUT STAKEHOLDERS GROUP SAYS “WE WANT ANSWERS”
“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...
Read moreDetailsSCRUTINY COMMITTEE AGREE NO CHANGE IN PTEC FUNDING DECISION
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...
Read moreDetailsDECISION TO STOP FUNDING FOR PTEC TIDAL ENERGY CALLED IN
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...
Read moreDetailsNICHOLSON ROAD EXPANSION GIVEN THE GO AHEAD BRINGING NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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...
Read moreDetailsFORMER POST OFFICE COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO 7 FLATS
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...
Read moreDetailsISLANDERS SHOULD EXPECT 12 MONTH+ WAIT FOR SURGERY AT ST MARY’S HOSPITAL
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 —...
Read moreDetailsHARBOUR HOUSE GIVEN LICENCE EXTENSION DESPITE MOANING NEIGHBOURS’ COMPLAINTS
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...
Read moreDetailsISLANDERS STRUGGLE TO GET THROUGH TO GP SURGERIES WITH 4,000 CALLS A WEEK BEING MADE
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...
Read moreDetailsTHINGS TURN UGLY AT COUNCIL MEETING AS ‘COWARD’ AND ‘SHUT UP’ INSULTS THROWN
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...
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