Parents are invited to a public meeting to find out more about the challenge of surplus primary school places. It follows the authority’s U-turn over the potential consultation to close Cowes Primary, Wroxall Primary and St Mary’s Catholic school. The...

A former milking parlour at a now-closed dairy farm on the Isle of Wight could become a luxury holiday let. New owners of Sunningdale Farm on Cranmore Avenue in the West Wight, Tobias Brackett and Kate Denton, took over the...

An Isle of Wight bank branch wants to cut back on counter space — which could lead to longer queues at Santander in Newport. Plans have been submitted to refurbish it, but also to shrink the number of counters —...

How have Isle of Wight restaurants, pubs, cafes, hotels and shops fared recently in food hygiene inspections? Based on guidance from the government’s Food Standards Agency, eateries are judges on how clean they are; how hygienic the food handling is...

An East Cowes-based craft brewery wants to open a new Isle of Wight bar in a former shop for collectibles and second-hand items. The Old Curiosity Shop closed in the last 12 months and now an application has been submitted...

Vulnerable Isle of Wight children have had to be sent as far as Scotland to be looked after, due to a lack of available care placements on the Island. The Isle of Wight Council is forking out millions of pounds...

The number of pupils being homeschooled on the Isle of Wight continues to rise, as some parents say their children are not in the ‘right mental state to be at school’. Recent figures from the Isle of Wight Council show...

Prices for a range of vital Isle of Wight services have risen — including cremations; burials; marriages and civil ceremonies. The fee increases have been implemented after they were approved by the Isle of Wight Council in its budget earlier...

The Isle of Wight Council has come under fire for not producing support plans, which are used for students with special educational needs, quickly enough — and in some cases, not assessing pupils at all. The authority, however, said it is focussing ‘significant...

A Town Council on the Isle of Wight will have to pay out more than £5,000 after a judge found it breached the Equalities Act — due to the closing mechanism installed on a disabled toilet. Joe Nash, 76, said...