A green tariff could be introduced on Isle of Wight Festival tickets in the future. It comes as part of the terms agreed in a new 5-year land-hire deal with the Isle of Wight Council for staging at Seaclose Park,...

A 5% council tax rise is a step closer for Isle of Wight residents, bringing about even further cuts, increased parking charges and voluntary redundancies. The ‘survival’ budget of the Isle of Wight Council was approved by its cabinet members...

A 55% price hike has been approved for Freshwater residents’ Council Tax bills — with an average increase of £63 a year. As part of the parish council’s precept, funding has been earmarked for buoys in Colwell Bay, a proposed...

The number of children eligible for free school meals on the Isle of Wight has risen a staggering 63% in the past 4 years. The shocking figure has been revealed as the Isle of Wight Council announces a 4th food...

There’s a war of words over a potential £70,000 funding cut to stroke support services on the Isle of Wight. Council health bosses justified the termination of the Stroke Association’s service on Tuesday night by saying they had tried renegotiating...

A majorly controversial housing development in Ryde may go back before the Isle of Wight Council again — 20 months after it was given the green light. The 473-home West Acre Park was approved in July 2021 by the Isle...

Controversial proposals for yellow lines in an Isle of Wight town have been abandoned – to the sound of applause. Residents of St Catherine Street in Ventnor clapped at Thursday's decision at the Isle of Wight Council cabinet meeting, after...

Once the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, a Newport High Street shop is to be transformed into a community council hub. Plans have been finalised that will see the former clothes shop become the home of Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council, with...

“If we had the Island Deal, we would not have to make any of these cuts." - That is the Isle of Wight Council’s standpoint as it looks ahead to one of the hardest budgets it has ever had to...

Just days after the possibility was mooted, an Isle of Wight town council has decided not to take on a soon-to-be-closed Post Office. Sandown Town Council (STC) was looking at the possibility of taking on the vital service after the...