CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
A small parcel of land on Love Lane in Bembridge has gone on the market, as developers behind a controversial holiday lodge plan walk away from the project - but locals say there are still a number of issues that...
Read moreDetails3 Isle of Wight town centre businesses could take a step back in time later this year. Heritage improvements are proposed for the frontage of the Gambling Man barbers and The Crown Hotel in St Thomas’s Square and 69 High...
Read moreDetailsKey decisions were made at the Isle of Wight Council’s latest meeting which could affect the Island’s most vulnerable and the house-building potential. In the authority’s first full meeting of the year, elected members gathered in Newport ahead of the...
Read moreDetailsA chain behind some bars and restaurants on the Island is looking to expand. Following the success of other ‘Lobster’ ventures, Giancarlo Giancovich is looking to expand its latest addition, the Smoking Lobster in Cowes. The restaurant opened in May...
Read moreDetailsJust 2 years after a multi-million-pound redevelopment, a café on Totland Pier could be replaced by holiday rental rooms. The pier — which dates back to 1880 — was restored in a major scheme; with the old café pulled down...
Read moreDetails22 restaurants, cafes and shops on the Isle of Wight were awarded a 5 'very good' food hygiene rating by the Isle of Wight Council at the tail end of 2022 - but there are still so many establishments that...
Read moreDetailsIt's good news for churchgoers in Binstead as proposals to introduce double yellow lines near the village church have been scrapped. At the cabinet meeting on Thursday evening, the implementation of controversial traffic regulation orders (TROs) across Ryde, Binstead, Nettlestone...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight’s ‘planning bible’ could be delayed again — this time to make way for national reforms. In November, the Isle of Wight Council’s draft Island Planning Strategy (IPS) hit a wall, after the majority of councillors sent...
Read moreDetailsVulnerable Isle of Wight residents could get an extra helping hand in paying their council tax bills this year. Next week on Wednesday, the Isle of Wight Council will decide whether to increase its local council tax support scheme (LCTS)...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight’s only hospital is starting to analyse why patients are unable to leave, despite being well enough. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has had to scale back some services to create increased capacity as it faces...
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