Funding for the Isle of Wight’s community pantries could be slashed by 46% as part of the council’s latest Household Support Fund (HSF) plan - a move that has sparked strong criticism and a formal call-in by councillors. Cllr Debbie...

A new mayor and deputy mayor have been chosen to represent the Isle of Wight’s largest town. Ryde Town Council members elected Councillor Diana Conyers as Ryde’s next mayor and Councillor Karen Lucioni as deputy mayor at a meeting on...

Wight Vets has applied for planning permission to turn the former British Red Cross HQ building in Newport into a new veterinary surgery. The firm’s application includes ‘minor external alterations’ to the existing premises at Hunnycross Way, as well as...

A new riverside restaurant will be coming to a local mental health and wellbeing centre, as part of a scheme to give the site a ‘multi-faceted’ use. County Hall has accepted the Isorropia Foundation’s plans for a restaurant and shop...

Plans to transform 2 barns on a farm south of the Isle of Wight’s largest town into 3 homes have been withdrawn following local opposition. Eric and Claire Smillie withdrew their prior approval application to convert 2 barns at Whitefield...

The Medina Railway Tavern in Newport could soon receive a facelift, under plans submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. Punch Pubs Ltd has lodged a listed building consent application with County Hall for a works scheme to improve the...

Southern Water is 'readily destroying' Ryde’s marine life, an Isle of Wight councillor has claimed. The Appley Sewage Works has pumped out sewage into the Solent 'nearly 200 times' since January, Councillor Michael Lilley told Ryde Town Council at a...

An ‘affordable’ 3-bed flat could be built in the heart of the Isle of Wight’s largest town. Standley Property Ltd is seeking to construct an additional floor at 119 High Street in Ryde which would allow the creation a ‘mansard...

The Sandown Hotel in Sandown, which has remained closed for several years, could now be partially converted into flats. Nick Spyker of Isle of Wight Hotels Ltd has applied to County Hall for a conversion of the north wing of...

A 3-year extension to measures designed to crack down on anti-social behaviour (ASB) has been approved by an Isle of Wight cabinet member. Councillor Karen Lucioni has endorsed a recommendation to extend Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) on the Island...