UNDERCLIFF DRIVE MAY NEVER RE-OPEN AS COUNCIL LEADER BRANDS SUCH A MOVE AS ‘FOOLISH’
Reinstating the collapsed Undercliff Drive near Ventnor would be ‘foolish’, the Isle of Wight Council leader has said, following a further landslip in the area. Last weekend, a landslip affected properties on 2 roads in St Lawrence, on Hunts Road...
Read moreDetailsFORMER WESTON ACADEMY TO BE SOLD FOR £400,000 – TO MAKE WAY FOR HOUSES
The former Weston Academy primary school in the West Wight will be sold for £400,000 to make way for a potential 16 houses. Since closing in 2015, Weston Academy, in Totland, has sat empty and the Isle of Wight Council’s previous...
Read moreDetailsREW VALLEY SPORTS CENTRE COULD BE LEASED FOR 125 YEARS
A sports facility in Upper Ventnor could be leased for 125 years to the Island Free School - or face the threat of closure. The Rew Valley Sports Centre was formerly used by Ventnor Middle School until it closed in...
Read moreDetailsPARENTS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ASK ABOUT PROPOSALS TO INCREASE SCHOOL PLACES FOR SEN KIDS
A number of drop-in sessions about proposals to increase the number of places at specialist schools on the Isle of Wight are to be held for local parents. It comes as the number of Island children needing an education, health...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCILLORS REACT AS WOOTTON TO LOSE ITS GP SURGERY
An Isle of Wight councillor has slammed the decision to permanently move a GP surgery out of Wootton as essentially a closure. It comes after it was revealed yesterday that a ‘temporary relocation’ of Wootton Bridge Medical Centre will, in...
Read moreDetailsNUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST TAXI DRIVERS ARE AT A 5-YEAR LOW
The number of complaints made against taxi drivers on the Isle of Wight reached a 5-year low in 2023. Since 2018, 77 complaints were filed with the Isle of Wight Council against taxi drivers for a range of reasons —...
Read moreDetailsFLOATING BRIDGE’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED – TROUBLED VESSEL WILL BE REPLACED
The decision has been made to replace the troubled Cowes Floating Bridge, just 7 years after entering service. Although purchased for £3.5million back in 2017, it is thought that Floating Bridge 6 has cost millions more over the past 7...
Read moreDetailsSOLAR PANEL PLAN FOR EAST COWES’S QUEENGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Queensgate Foundation Primary School in East Cowes wants to take a green energy step forward — by installing solar panels. In new plans, Queensgate, located on Beatrice Avenue, could see 235 solar panels installed on its roof. The plans have...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCILLORS QUESTION WHETHER £350,000 SHOULD BE SPENT ON MEDINA CROSSING STRATEGY
Concerns have been raised by councillors about proposals to spend another £350,000 on the Floating Bridge service between East Cowes and Cowes - with a decision set to be made tonight. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Isle of...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL CONSIDERING REVISED PLANS TO TRANSFORM FORMER POLARS SITE IN NEWPORT
Plans are back on the table for an extra care housing development at the site of a former residential care home in Newport. It has been nearly 2 years since proposals came forward to demolish the derelict Polars on Staplers...
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