Volunteer 'litter heroes' are being urged to join a pre-Christmas clean up in Ryde High Street and throughout the town centre. The campaign is being launched by 3 local town councillors - Karen Lucioni, John McLagan and Phil Jordan. Volunteers...

L-R: Mike Fitt and Ryde Society volunteer Ann Pearson A team of volunteers, led by community horticulturalist Mike Fitt, has turned a forgotten corner of a square adjacent to Ryde Co-op into a colourful display of flowers. The transformation of...

Ryde has little power to halt unpopular housing developments due to a 'lack of democracy' at county planning level, it has been claimed this week. Ryde Society’s chairwoman, Stella Davis, argues that with no representative from the town on the...

Plans for resident only parking restrictions on Ryde's roads could push more parked cars onto surrounding streets, the town’s Planning Committee meeting heard recently. Independent member for Ryde North West, Councillor Phil Jordan, has warned of a potential 'nightmare scenario'...

Ryde Town Council agreed to investigate buying the seaside town's harbour at a packed public meeting last night (Monday). Members are now expected to submit an expression of interest to the Isle of Wight Council in an effort to preserve the...

Plans for the future of Ryde Harbour will be discussed at a meeting of the town council tonight (Monday 28th January). It comes after Isle of Wight Council approved a plan to sell the site, arguing it could not afford...

Ryde residents clashed with the Isle of Wight Council at a packed public meeting on Monday night over plans for the regeneration of the town's seafront. The meeting, held by the Ryde Society - whose Chair Stella Davis said the...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Director of Regeneration, Chris Ashman, will be in the hot seat at a public meeting of the Ryde Society next Monday. With the town being named the UK’s 'property hotspot', members will argue that it...