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Role-playing could help conquer challenging and questionable behaviour of Isle of Wight Council planning committee members. The Local Government Association (LGA) has reviewed the Island’s planning set-up and recommended drama sessions as a way to overcome recent issues regarding the...

Can the Isle of Wight Council step in to help Islanders struggling to use Wightlink due to the ferry firm’s cash ban? That was the question councillors were asking at a meeting on Thursday night. Since the start of the...

Ryde Town Council has joined the pledge in supporting the Armed Forces Community after they signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant. This year Armed Forces week ran from Monday 20th to Saturday 25th June 2022 with Ryde Town Council...

Controversial work to improve connectivity and public amenity space on Ryde Esplanade is to enter a new phase next week. From tomorrow (Monday), work on Ryde Interchange site will be extending to create both a new vehicular access to the...

A woman who was so fed up of waiting for her husband that she drove off without him, despite not having the appropriate licence and insurance, was then involved in a serious collision, a court has heard. Arjeta Azemi, 32,...

A Sandown hotel has vowed to improve and make changes after a 1-star food hygiene rating saw a drop in business. As first reported by Island Echo, Hotel Maria, on Culver Parade, was inspected by Isle of Wight Council environmental...

Successes in boosting sustainability and biodiversity have led to the £26million Island Line upgrade by South Western Railway receiving a top environmental rating. World-leading sustainability assessment and rating scheme, CEEQUAL, awarded the project a ‘Good’ rating, demonstrating that sustainable development...

Over 10 years after it was built, work to connect the ‘road to nowhere' in East Cowes has started — but there is no idea when it might fully open. Saunders Way, which diverts past the Hawthorn Meadows estate, was...

Youths are suspected of starting a small riverbank fire in East Cowes this evening (Friday). 1 appliance from East Cowes was mobilised to Saunders Way at 20:15 following reports of a fire in the open. Retained firefighters arrived on the...

A 37-year-old who was involved in a crash on a narrow stretch of road in Newport was found to have drugs in his system at the time of the collision, Magistrates heard this week. Jamie Williams, of Manor Crescent in...