Brighter lights could be installed at Cowes Sports Football Club’s home ground, but the club insists the change will have less impact on its neighbours. The Wessex League Premier Division side, who play at Westwood Park in Reynolds Close, is...

6 new houses will be built and retrospective planning permission has been granted by the Isle of Wight Council, after the demolition of an abandoned property near Newport. Before any development takes place, the site’s lizards and slow worms populations...

After a massive 5-year wait, final testing is underway at the ‘Energy from Waste’ plant on Forest Road in Newport. The Forest Road facility was supposed to have become operational in May 2019 but has been beset by delays and...

An Isle of Wight couple will not be allowed to live in their holiday home temporarily until they find permanent accommodation. Since 2018, the pair have been in breach of planning conditions by living in a property designated as a...

Isle of Wight residents could have to pay 3% more towards the running of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service from April, as warnings are issued about its finances in the future. It means the average Band...

Ryde's Her Whey zero waste shop is on the move and its current premises could become a new tattoo studio. Cross Street’s Her Whey is taking over a new shop in Ryde – though it hasn’t yet been revealed where....

A major redevelopment of a ‘dilapidated’ building in a prominent position on Cowes seafront has been rejected. The government’s Planning Inspectorate has refused planning permission for Hamlet Court in Cowes. It said it should not be demolished if it can...

An Isle of Wight hotel, overlooking the sea, which had been ‘deteriorating for years’ will be knocked down to make way for houses. The Isle of Wight Council has granted permission for the Sandown Manor Hotel, on Yaverland Road, to...

The free car parking offered to motorists in short-stay car parks in the Isle of Wight’s county town will stop at the end of the month. It comes as funding has run out for the free parking pilot which saw...

A new watertight door is needed at the Isle of Wight’s iconic Needles Lighthouse. Trinity House — the official lighthouse authority in England — has put the plans forward as part of modernisation works for the 165-year-old lighthouse. The Needles Lighthouse has...