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Members of 18 local parish, town and community councils met with representatives from the Isle of Wight Council and local housing providers last week to discuss how they can work together to increase the supply of affordable housing on the...

St Mary’s Primary School pupil Teddy Gregory recently travelled to Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium to meet England and Arsenal star, Bukayo Saka. Last Summer, then 7-year-old Teddy wrote to Bukayo to commiserate with him on missing a penalty in the final...

Councillor Chris Jarman A local councillor is trying to stop the 473-home West Acre Park development in Ryde by calling for the planning application to be reconsidered, despite approval being granted last year. The application to build on farm land...

Clearing of protected woodland on the coast of the Isle of Wight has been slammed by a local councillor, branding those behind the work ‘irresponsible’. In the last couple of days, concerns have echoed around Cowes and Gurnard communities as...

Island residents have taken to social media after hearing an alarming air raid siren echoing out across parts of the Isle of Wight early this morning (Monday).  Mystery remains around the source of the siren, which was heard 'as clear...

Contractors have begun preparing the iconic Columbine Building in East Cowes for the start of a major investment from the Isle of Wight Council, supported by the government's levelling up fund.   Island-based design consultants ERMC and contractors MCM Construction met Isle of Wight...

The derelict former Polars Residential Home in Newport is finally being demolished. The building has been empty since 2017 after it was sold by Somerset Care to its current owner, Laurie Gustar, and has since fallen into a state of...

A serial shoplifter has been fined £74 by the courts after stealing £5 of meat from Tesco Express in Lake. James Smith, 37, of Station Avenue in Sandown, pleaded guilty to a single charge of theft from a shop when...

Wight Community Energy and Mixergy will soon be helping hotels on the Isle of Wight to save energy using pioneering smart water heating technology. In the first phase of the project, monitoring equipment was installed onto existing hot water tanks...

The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is inviting comments during its second consultation on constituency boundaries, open until 4th April 2022. Under the proposed changes, the Isle of Wight – currently the largest constituency in the UK – will be...