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2 Island properties have sold in auction bidding wars at the latest Clive Emson property auction. They were among 142 lots in the 1st of 8 auctions this year by Clive Emson Auctioneers, the regional land and property auctioneers covering...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed the Government's announcement that the Isle of Wight Council will receive additional funding for family programmes. The Isle of Wight Council is 1 of 14 Local Authorities included in the Department for...

A 55% price hike has been approved for Freshwater residents’ Council Tax bills — with an average increase of £63 a year. As part of the parish council’s precept, funding has been earmarked for buoys in Colwell Bay, a proposed...

The number of children eligible for free school meals on the Isle of Wight has risen a staggering 63% in the past 4 years. The shocking figure has been revealed as the Isle of Wight Council announces a 4th food...

South Wight Neighbourhoods Policing Team (NPT) has launched another Policing Priorities Survey for the Sandown, Shanklin, Lake and Ventnor areas. In November 2021, a similar survey was conducted in order to enable the team to better understand the issues directly...

Courses funded by the Government, teaching skills like chainsaw maintenance, coppicing, woodland management and marketing and selling timber, are now available.  The Forestry Training Fund is for people considering a change of career or those who are seeking to build...

Later this month Michelin star chef Michel Roux Jr will be cooking up a storm at Heron in Ryde. Roux Jr will be creating an entire, bespoke, speciality menu for guests to enjoy at Heron on the 24th and 25th...

There’s a war of words over a potential £70,000 funding cut to stroke support services on the Isle of Wight. Council health bosses justified the termination of the Stroke Association’s service on Tuesday night by saying they had tried renegotiating...

On this day 145 years ago, James Caffyn was hanged in the last ever public execution at Winchester prison.  James Caffyn was a 31-year-old illiterate dock labourer. Contemporary newspaper reports described him as 5ft 2 ½ins tall, with a sallow...

A majorly controversial housing development in Ryde may go back before the Isle of Wight Council again — 20 months after it was given the green light. The 473-home West Acre Park was approved in July 2021 by the Isle...