CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
Leisure centres across the Isle of Wight could be in the firing line as an operational review is carried out while money pressures continue. It follows a dire warning last week from the cabinet member for adult social care and...
Read moreDetailsAs a Yarmouth school prepares its move down the road to Freshwater, the town council is bidding to save its old building. The decision was made in 2020 to move Yarmouth Primary School to the former site of All Saints’...
Read moreDetailsThe idea of switching locks in a public pay-to-use toilet in Yarmouth — to stop sneaky users — has been branded as absolutely ridiculous by the Town Mayor. Almost 18 months ago, Yarmouth Town Council installed its pay-to-use toilets on...
Read moreDetailsSome Isle of Wight services may have to close if the Isle of Wight Council does not receive promised Government money for adult social care, it is warned. The local authority has issued the dire warning as it is revealed...
Read moreDetailsMore than 100 people have cancelled their garden waste subscriptions this year following a £24 price hike. When the service was first launched, it cost just £60 but rose to £72 in 2021. However, earlier this year the Council bumped...
Read moreDetailsYarmouth Town Council has called for a meeting with the boss of Wightlink following a spate of issues which it says have had a negative impact on the West Wight. In recent weeks, the ferry company, which runs a Yarmouth...
Read moreDetailsThe future of Wightcare is unclear as the service struggles to balance the books following the loss of almost 100 clients, but the Isle of Wight Council is being asked to keep the company in-house despite these struggles. The Council...
Read moreDetailsVulnerable residents across the Island could get a further helping hand paying their council tax bills next year. Last year, the Isle of Wight Council’s Alliance Administration promised to increase the amount of support given via the council tax support...
Read moreDetailsA ‘one off' opportunity, which could create up to 1,000 jobs in East Cowes in the creative industries, has been proposed to the Isle of Wight Council. The council would need to sell the site to 3 unnamed but ‘well-known...
Read moreDetailsMuch-needed plans to rejuvenate a derelict site on Ventnor Esplanade have been approved - despite the concerns of some locals who didn't approve of what was proposed. Demolition of La Veness started last November and only now, some year later,...
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