An Isle of Wight campaigner dismayed at the imminent closure of the West Wight’s only NHS dentist has this week handed in a petition to Richard Quigley MP. Full-time carer Ieuan Jehu’s plea to save Freshwater, Totland and Yarmouth’s only...

Plans to regenerate The Bay area were presented to around 200 local residents and businesses at Shanklin Theatre on Tuesday (17th September). Representatives from Shanklin Town Council, the Isle of Wight Council and the Environment Agency informed attendees on a...

Hostility towards proposed housing off Camp Road in Freshwater has continued to build ahead of a consultation deadline on Friday this week. Councillor John Medland, who represents Freshwater South on the Isle of Wight Council, has joined Freshwater Parish Council...

A Conservative councillor has called for cross-Solent ferries to be brought under democratic control in an Isle of Wight Council meeting motion. Councillor Ed Blake said he is not calling for nationalisation but has tabled a motion of what he...

An Isle of Wight Liberal Democrat councillor has warned the loss of doctors is an 'ongoing threat' on the Island. In an interview, Councillor Michael Lilley flagged improving the Isle of Wight’s GP services and attracting more GPs as a...

A campaign against ExxonMobil’s Solent CO2 Pipeline is 'out of the starting blocks' after a Brighstone meeting last week. Hosted by Councillor Claire Critichison for Chale, Niton and Shorwell, Councillor Nick Stuart and the starter of the petition opposing the...

A 59-year-old Ryde carer has said he is in 'financial ruin' as a result of a nearly 4-month wait for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Kevin Owen has been unemployed since May which he says has lost him...

2 of the Isle of Wight’s most critical issues are set to be discussed by councillors at County Hall later this week. The Isle of Wight Council’s Full Council meeting on Wednesday (18th September) will discuss the Island’s crisis-hit ferry...

Freshwater residents have been making a last-ditch attempt to halt the latest iteration of the Birch Close housing development struggle. Since the begining of the month, residents have submitted 12 comments objecting to Journey Estates Ltd’s application to start developing...

Islanders have given their reaction to the Isle of Wight cabinet’s school consultation vote. The cabinet’s decision to go ahead with cabinet member Jonathan Bacon and director of children’s services Ashley Whittaker’s consultation has continued to cause controversy as it...