A street trader has been given the thumbs up to sell buckets and spades, crab lines as well as ice creams on the seafront in Gurnard, despite 19 objections. The Isle of Wight Council’s licensing sub-committee on Friday gave Carly...

Public toilets on East Cowes seafront, which are more than 60 years old and described as a ‘health hazard’, could soon be redeveloped. The current public toilets at the end of East Cowes Esplanade were installed in 1961 and are...

The Isle of Wight has the 11th highest rate of council tax out of all the councils in England, it has been revealed. From April, Islanders will fork out an average £2,029.27 to the Isle of Wight Council and its...

A total of 2 Isle of Wight Council-owned sites will be disposed of after the authority failed to find someone who would be willing to build houses there. For years the council has been trying to find a partner to...

Isle of Wight Councillors will take home more than £9,500 this year for the time they dedicate to the role. Members agreed on their allowance scheme for the financial year ahead at a meeting on Thursday, setting the basic amount...

Disabled Isle of Wight Council staff with a blue badge will now be able to park for free while they go to work - but all other staff will have to continue paying up to £15 a month. When the...

After 7 years in the making and costing the Isle of Wight Council £660,000, the authority’s ‘planning bible’ has been delayed once again - and there are now fears it could run out of time. The draft Island Planning Strategy...

A near 10-year campaign to replace a ‘dated’ skatepark in East Cowes could soon be successful. East Cowes Town Council agreed on Thursday evening (22nd March) to apply for a loan from the government’s public works loan board to fund...

The closure - or relocation - of Wootton's doctor's surgery has been called a 'stab in the back' by angry residents who will no longer have a practice in their village. In a shock announcement last week, as first reported...

Lack of maintenance at the former ice rink in Ryde has led to the business behind Mermaid Gin withdrawing from major development plans, an Isle of Wight councillor has claimed. Councillor Michael Lilley asked a question at the Isle of...