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The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

A major improvement project at Wightlink's catamaran terminal in Portsmouth, which was expected to be completed by early April, will continue for at least another 3 months - double the original timeframe given. The cross-Solent operator is investing around £1.5million...

Despite a national bid to clear bedblockers from the Isle of Wight’s only hospital, numbers have got even higher. Bedblockers are patients in hospital who are medically fit to leave but, with no care in the community in place to...

Wheatsheaf landlord Matt Parker Local business owners have expressed concern over renovation work allegedly affecting rare peregrine falcons nesting in the spire of Newport Minster - something the Minster itself denies is the case. Newport Minister is currently being renovated...

Southern Vectis is offering local car drivers the chance to avoid rising fuel costs by switching to the bus, and trying its services for half the cost of regular weekly app tickets.  With prices at fuel pumps creeping towards £2...

Smallbrook Lane has now re-opened in both directions as the major roundabout improvement scheme nears completion. Despite some challenging conditions and the ongoing effects of COVID, particularly at the end of last year, the work to divert services and create...

The Isle of Wight Council says the Island stands ready to support those who welcome refugees displaced by the war in Ukraine into their homes, confirming that Ukrainians will be eligible to stay for 3 years and claim benefits. The...

Thousands of Islanders are now waiting to see a dentist, living in pain, embarrassment and going into debt to fund essential care, an Island health watchdog has warned. There may be some hope on the horizon, however, that could lessen...

A health chief has warned Islanders to be cautious as COVID infections start to rise once again. In the last week, patients coming to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport with COVID - or testing positive while at the hospital -...

The Bakery in Bembridge is the latest business to be slapped with a 1-star 'major improvement necessary' rating by the Isle of Wight Council's Environmental Health team, with the general standard of hygiene found to be unsatisfactory. Inspectors visited the...