FLOATY NO. 5 WAS 90 SECONDS QUICKER THAN TROUBLED REPLACEMENT
The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge takes an extra 1 minute 30 seconds to cross the River Medina than its predecessor - but bringing back Floating Bridge 5 is not an option due to new rules imposed by Cowes Harbour Commission,...
Read moreDetailsFIRE SERVICE BECOMING MORE RELIANT ON HAMPSHIRE FIREFIGHTERS NEW FIGURES REVEAL
A lack of available fire crews and several large-scale incidents saw mainland firefighters respond to 15 emergencies on the Isle of Wight last year - twice as many as in 2022. A Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy...
Read moreDetailsFROM MILLY ROAD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING – PROPOSALS BEING PUT FORWARD TO CHANGE 2024/25 BUDGET
Increased affordable housing, a study on the future of the iconic Military Road and a facility for children and young people with extensive special needs are all proposals being put forward to change the Isle of Wight Council’s 2024/25 budget....
Read moreDetailsPLANS FOR ECO-FRIENDLY RETREAT IN THE WEST WIGHT STILL ON THE TABLE
Treehouses, safari lodges and tiny homes are all part of the planned ‘eco-friendly retreat’, on the main road to Yarmouth. The plans were first unveiled in May 2021, and submitted in the following year to the Isle of Wight Council,...
Read moreDetailsREVIEW FINDS FLOATING BRIDGE CAN’T BE BODGED – IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED
Floating Bridge 6 will always need a boat to help push it across the River Medina during fast-flowing spring ebb tides, it has been revealed - with suggestions that it should be replaced with a smaller, lighter and electric vessel....
Read moreDetailsHERTFORDSHIRE DEVELOPER WANTS TO OPEN UP 22-BED HMO IN FORMER VENTNOR CARE HOME
A 22-bedroom house of multiple occupation - more commonly known as a HMO- could be on the cards for a former care home in Ventnor. Bluebell House, on Mitchell Avenue, has been closed since November 2022. In a letter recently...
Read moreDetailsLEESON ROAD RESIDENTS LEFT FEELING ISOLATED OVER LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Residents living in parts of Ventnor say they have become 'prisoners' due to a lack of public transport owing to a major landslide. No Southern Vectis buses are currently running along the length of Leeson Road, which connects Ventnor and...
Read moreDetailsCOWES’ BAHAR TANDOORI IMPROVES HYGIENE AND BAGS 4-STAR RATING
A popular Indian restaurant in Cowes — which once played host to billionaire businessman Richard Branson — has improved its food hygiene rating. Following a reinspection at the end of January, Bahar Tandoori, on Cowes High Street, now boasts a...
Read moreDetailsFROM SHOES TO BOOZE! COULD FORMER SHOE ZONE STORE IN SHANKLIN BECOME BEER CAVE?
What used to be Shoe Zone in Shanklin could given a new lease of life, as an Isle of Wight beer cave. The former shoe shop on Regent Street has been empty for nearly 6 months, but it could soon...
Read moreDetailsARRIVAL OF ‘DENTAL BUS’ HAILED BY LOCAL HEALTH WATCHDOG – BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
A dental bus, which will visit the Isle of Wight in March, has been welcomed by a health watchdog, but the organisation says more needs to be done to fix the Island’s dentist crisis. Healthwatch Isle of Wight has revealed...
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