With figures showing 32.4% of Isle of Wight children grow up in poverty, councillors will later this week consider a poverty reduction plan. The Isle of Wight Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board will decide on Thursday whether to approve the...

Community groups have welcomed the prospect of new Isle of Wight Council support as the cost of living crisis continues to “bite so hard for so many”. Pan Together, the Isle of Wight Foodbank and Ryde Aspire, which provide assistance...

The Isle of Wight Council’s representative for Parkhurst and Hunnyhill said it is “really disappointing” that prison estate roads upgrades have not gone further but public money should be “spent well”, not just fast. In an interview today, councillor Andrew...

Over a million pounds in cost of living support could be approved by the Isle of Wight Council next week to support Islanders in need. Debbie Andre, cabinet member for adult social care and public health, will decide whether to...

A proposed electric vehicle (EV) charging zone in the car park of Newport’s Morrisons supermarket has been approved. Justifying the decision, the Isle of Wight Council raised the UK government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2035....

A Shanklin charity has sought consent to replace the Grade II listed Shanklin Theatre’s “very badly corroded” 5 first floor front windows. The Shanklin Theatre and Community Trust has said in a heritage statement to the Isle of Wight Council...

Only around 14% of a 3-year-old Ministry of Justice (MOJ) grant has been spent by County Hall on maintaining Newport’s prison estate roads. The Isle of Wight Council said £869,000 has so far been spent out of a total budget...

County Hall’s 'flawed' school proposals will be met with trade union resistance in their current form, a prominent trade unionist has said. Mark Chiverton, secretary of Unison’s Isle of Wight branch, spoke on behalf of the UK’s largest trade union...

A public inquiry into a controversial, appealed planning application for a mixed use development at Fort Victoria near in Yarmouth is taking place this week. Hosted at County Hall, the inquiry - which began yesterday - is looking into Miles...

The Isle of Wight Council is failing to plan the protection of the scenic Military Road, the Island’s former MP has said. Laying into County Hall in a public announcement on his Facebook page, Bob Seely has said the local...