Ventnor councillor Ed Blake has lodged a motion calling for mental health to be a ‘priority’ across all of County Hall’s areas of responsibility. Cllr Blake has tabled his plea for ‘proactive action’ on tackling the stigma of mental health...

Small businesses have been through hell in recent years and politicians should step in to help, an Isle of Wight councillor has said. Fairlee and Whippingham representative Councillor Matthew Price has submitted a motion calling on the Isle of Wight...

The leader of the Isle of Wight Council has defended his administration’s commitment to housing, describing it as the 'number one priority'. Speaking to the Corporate Scrutiny Committee, Councillor Phil Jordan said County Hall had put in place a number...

Disquiet was expressed at County Hall on Tuesday, over a possible transfer of powers from Westminster to the Solent and Hampshire area. Councillors Warren Drew and Geoff Brodie voiced unease over the prospect of Islanders voting for a mayor, akin...

Successive County Hall administrations have been 'failing in housing', an independent Isle of Wight councillor lamented earlier this week. Councillor Geoff Brodie told the local authority's Corporate Scrutiny Committee that County Hall was 'not achieving' in the supposed prioritised policy...

Part of a family-run hotel in Lake could soon be transformed into 3 flats. Lorraine Barrett has applied to the Isle of Wight Council to convert the bar area and 8 hotel bedrooms of the Lorron Hotel at Sandown Road,...

Queensgate Foundation Primary School in East Cowes has been graded as good and outstanding in a recent Ofsted inspection. Inspectors praised the behaviour of pupils at Queensgate, its ‘ambitious and broad’ curriculum and the extensive range of activities, events and...

Despite a neighbour's fierce opposition to the plans, a new 'low cost' House of Multiple Occupation - more commonly known as a HMO - is to be established in Newport. The Isle of Wight Council has approved Ryan Newman’s proposal...

The 19th-century Northwood House in Cowes could have facilities upgraded as part of a proposed renovation. Northwood House Charitable Trust has applied for listed building consent to enhance Northwood House’s catering and toilet facilities, currently described as ‘poor’. The house...

Isle of Wight councillors will probe County Hall’s affordable housing delivery today (Tuesday) amid an ongoing Island housing crisis. Watchdog panel the Corporate Scrutiny Committee will examine the council’s progress in delivering social and affordable housing and consider plans for...