Efforts to protect green space in Ryde, to stop new housing from being built, will reach the second-highest court in the country in hearings scheduled for early April. Elmfield residents group Greenfield (IOW) Ltd’s bid to save the 200-year-old Westridge...

Plans to use 5 homes for parenting development courses have provoked an outcry from residents and councillors of an Isle of Wight coastal town. Shanklin Central’s County Hall representative, Councillor Michael Beston, and Shanklin Town Council said Jon Surman’s change...

A proposal to build a new seafront café on the site of a ‘half-built eyesore’ in an Isle of Wight village has divided opinion. Hospitality business SE-View’s application for a café at Kingsmere on Land End Road in Bembridge is...

Key spending packages worth £13million will be considered by the Isle of Wight Council’s cabinet this Thursday amid ‘unprecedented uncertainty’. The Alliance administration is looking to turn on the spending taps for a raft of capital investments as part of...

An Isle of Wight pub’s major redecoration plans and proposed name change have been shelved following opposition from a local parish council. The Sloop Inn, a grade II listed pub dating from the 18th century and known for its carvery...

An Isle of Wight town council could be about to scrap its Beach Safety Team, which a seafront café owner has warned will “absolutely end in tragedy”. At its meeting this evening (Monday), Ventnor Town Council (VTC) will consider slashing...

“All we need to do is scare off the cabinet from making a decision" - those are the words of Joe Robertson MP over controversial school closure plans. Speaking as a guest speaker at Councillor Michael Lilley’s ward meeting at...

The Isle of Wight Council’s chair has launched a fresh attack on the speed and pace of Whitehall’s devolution agenda, saying they 'simply whitewash my objections'. Revealing his correspondence with the Local Government and English Devolution Minister, Jim McMahon, Councillor...

The gaping divide between Island MPs on the Government’s devolution vision shows no signs of narrowing following news of delayed Isle of Wight elections. In light of the Isle of Wight’s inclusion in Whitehall’s fast-track devolution programme on Wednesday, MP...

3 ‘affordable’ new flats could be created on the first floor of the former Sweet Charlies dessert shop in Newport. Mr K. Hang has applied for planning permission to construct a trio of self-contained homes at 21-22 High Street, a...