FRESH BREAD ANYONE? BAKERY COME PIZZERIA TO OPEN IN WOOTTON
A former launderette in Wootton is set for a new slice of life as a bakery come pizzeria, meaning the smell of clean clothes will be swapped for wafts of fresh bread. Plans have been unveiled to transform the washing...
Read moreDetailsGP SURGERY PLANS FOR FORMER RIVERWAY BANK BACK BEFORE THE PLANNERS
Local patients could soon be heading to the Riverway Industrial Estate for their doctor's appointments as plans are submitted for a new GP surgery at the site of the former Natwest Bank. Healthcare building specialists Assura have submitted an application...
Read moreDetailsNEW ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL BOSS WILL BE ON A £138,000 A YEAR SALARY
The green light has been given for County Hall to recruit a new chief executive to head up the Isle of Wight Council — 4 months after its previous holder left. John Metcalfe, the former chief executive, left at the...
Read moreDetailsNEW COMMUNITY HUB BRINGING OLD AND NEW TOGETHER OPENS IN EAST COWES
A new community hub has opened in East Cowes — bringing the old and the new together, according to a local councillor. Unveiled on Thursday, the new East Side Curve stands next to the East Cowes Town Hall in the...
Read moreDetailsLUXURY VILLAS COULD BE BUILT AT COWES ESPLANADE IF PLANS ARE APPROVED
2 luxury villas could be built on the site of a dilapidated building overlooking Cowes Esplanade, should plans be approved. Hamlet Court Regeneration has lodged plans with the Isle of Wight Council following years of talks, to demolish the unlisted...
Read moreDetailsALDI CONFIRMS IT WILL BE OPENING THIRD ISLE OF WIGHT STORE
Supermarket giant Aldi has confirmed that it will be opening another store on the Isle of Wight - this time in Newport. Joining Costa and McDonald’s, Aldi is the latest national chain to announce that it will be heading to...
Read moreDetailsLIZ OR RISHI? CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLORS REVEAL HOW THEY WILL VOTE IN LEADERSHIP BATTLE
Conservative councillors on the Isle of Wight have revealed who they will be voting for as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak battle it out to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister. Both candidates...
Read moreDetailsNO RUSSIAN MONEY HERE SAYS DEVELOPERS BEHIND PROPOSED SOLAR PARK
Developers of an extended solar park in the West Wight say they have no links to a Russian oil company. The Barnfield Solar Farm would be extended by almost 100 acres and created south of Thorley on Wilmingham Lane, with...
Read moreDetailsNEW TESCO STORE COULD SELL ALCOHOL FROM 6AM – MIDNIGHT 7 DAYS A WEEK
The new Tesco store that is to come to Newport High Street may be able to sell alcohol from 06:00 all the way up to midnight 7-days-a-week. Permission is being sought, as more detail about the new store for Newport...
Read moreDetailsPARKING CHARGES ACROSS THE ISLAND TO RISE BY 10P JUST BEFORE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Car parking charges on the Isle of Wight will rise just in time for the August Bank Holiday, it has been confirmed by the local authority. Islanders and visitors will now have to pay 10p more an hour to park...
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