Some of the Isle of Wight’s most contentious planning proposals will be discussed at a Freshwater Parish Council meeting next Tuesday. The parish council’s planning committee will meet at 18:45 in the large hall at the Memorial Hall on Avenue...

A petition set up by an Island man to stop ExxonMobil’s Solent CO2 Pipeline has now topped 25,000 signatures. Support for Little Atherfield resident Christopher Davis’s Change.org appeal has shot up by nearly 24,000 signatures since 16th August. The American...

A Sandown retiree has said she and other residents are fed up with the degraded state of Sandown Battery Gardens. Elaine Hayes said they had repeatedly contacted the Isle of Wight Council, asking it to properly maintain Ferncliff Path which...

A local walking charity has issued an urgent appeal for help with minor maintenance work on Isle of Wight paths. The Isle of Wight Ramblers currently needs volunteers to assist the Isle of Wight Council’s Public Rights of Way service...

A pair of Isle of Wight Councillors are teaming up to launch a campaign group opposing ExxonMobil’s Solent CO2 Pipeline. Councillors Nick Stuart and Claire Critchinson have said the group will be established with a small committee on 11th September...

A 59-year-old man from Ryde has accused the Isle of Wight Council of 'walking away' from his legal right to disability services — but the local authority insists it is trying to help. Former homeless services worker David Moynehan has...

Anti-social behaviour at Los Altos Park in Sandown has led to intervention from a local councillor and Police. Nighttime patrols are being stepped up at the popular park following complaints. Ian Ward, Isle of Wight councillor for Sandown South, contacted...

ExxonMobil has been hosting a series of public consultation events across the Isle of Wight as part of its controversial plans for a Solent CO2 Pipeline. The American multinational oil and gas corporation says the events are for members of...

Freshwater’s Memorial Hall was packed out on Tuesday evening for an impassioned discussion on the proposed mixed-use development at Heathfield Road. Spectators and participants were overflowing out of the entrance to the village hall to listen to and contribute to...

Revised plans for a 12-home development on Newport’s Landscape Lane have been met with renewed backlash. The latest in a long line of application proposals from Mrs C. Ferns, of Cotton Trust, has attracted a raft of criticism ranging from...