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Rufus is the Local Democracy Reporter for the Isle of Wight, a role he took up in August 2024.
The role, which focuses on subjects such as council meetings, planning applications and matters of democratic interest, is funded by the BBC as part of the national Local Democracy Reporter Scheme - or LDRS.
A new Aldi store looks set to open on the Isle of Wight after County Hall planners granted the supermarket giant conditional permission.
Read moreDetailsA project to redevelop a former car wash and private car park in the Isle of Wight’s county town with housing has been rejected by the Isle of Wight Council.
Read moreDetailsSouthern Water has come under fire for missing another meeting at County Hall, condemned as 'disgraceful' and 'unacceptable' by an Isle of Wight councillor.
Read moreDetailsA mixed-use development with 60 homes, five ‘high quality’ houses next to a former Isle of Wight train station and a conversion of a seafront hotel in a ‘very poor state of repair’ - these were 3 the most high-profile...
Read moreDetailsThe new Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) has already been targeted by vandals...
Read moreDetailsA bid to transform a Shanklin seafront hotel in a ‘very poor state of repair’ into 6 apartments has been authorised by the Isle of Wight Council.
Read moreDetailsA quarter of premises up for a food hygiene review by the Isle of Wight Council last year were not inspected.
Read moreDetailsA total of 5 ‘high quality’ houses will be built next to a former train station in St Helens, despite more than 20 objections from the public.
Read moreDetailsAn Isle of Wight town council will look into the use of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) as a long-term solution to dereliction and vacant land problems.
Read moreDetailsA 'couple of whingers' have questioned why Sandown Town Council has purchased a strip of land along the seafront, a meeting heard last week
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