Ofsted inspectors have highlighted areas that a 'good’ Isle of Wight pupil referral unit - the Island Learning Centre in Newport - could improve. It follows an inspection of the Island Learning Centre (ILC) by the government’s education watchdog. This...

A 'positive learning culture' permeates throughout an Isle of Wight primary school which has kept its ‘good’ Ofsted rating. Pupil’s personal development at Carisbrooke Church of England Primary School was also ‘exceptional’ and ‘outstanding’, the education watchdog said after it...

A former Isle of Wight tomato-growing enterprise could be knocked down and turned into houses under new plans. Merstone Valley Nurseries, on Merstone Lane, has been closed since 2000 with the site remaining empty ever since and the redundant glasshouse...

The Isle of Wight Council has apologised to the owner of Melville Hall Hotel in Sandown for a planning error online and on printed documents, which stated a revised application had been made for a change of use, to turn...

Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats has announced a candidate in the party’s bid to fill an empty seat on the Isle of Wight Council. Throwing his hat into the ring, for Ventnor and St Lawrence, is Ray Harrington-Vail, formerly of the...

New toilets at one of the Isle of Wight’s most visited beaches, Compton, have been given the go-ahead. The National Trust will now be able to build new, modern, accessible toilets at its Hanover Point car park, at Compton Bay...

The former Kynges Well pub in Brading can now be turned into houses, but developers will be keeping a close eye out for buried treasure. Studies have shown that there is a high potential for Saxon, Medieval, 17th and 18th...

A former Isle of Wight restaurant could soon be turned into a house - but a new eatery is planned for next door. The Little Gloster, on Marsh Road in Gurnard, was closed by its operators, Ben and Holly Cooke,...

More Isle of Wight pubs, restaurants and hotels have been judged on their food hygiene standards. Inspectors from the Isle of Wight Council’s Environmental Health department visit each eatery or food-selling business on the Island to see how clean their...

More funding could be on the cards to celebrate the armed forces community on the Isle of Wight. The request came from Councillor Ian Dore, a former soldier, for a more ‘robust commitment’ from the Isle of Wight Council to...