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Sovereign Housing Association is working alongside Isle of Wight residents to transform the outdoor spaces around where they live. 10 projects, submitted by locals in East Cowes, Newport and Ryde, will receive a share of over £41,500 from Sovereign’s Your...

Some 8,000 homes on the Isle of Wight are now in fuel poverty, according to The Footprint Trust. The local charity is raising awareness of the situation, which in reality means that householders are spending over 10% of their meagre...

Cllr Peter Spinks Councillors have agreed to fight to return power to the council's planning department — to stop the ‘wrong kind of development’ — despite the move being branded as the ‘NIMBY charter’. A heated debate on the issue...

The Isle of Wight Council and partners Amey are linking up with RSPCA to help animals in need this winter. The RSPCA is running low on desperately needed blankets and towels for its animals in care. From Wednesday (24th November),...

Motorists in Ryde face 2 weeks of travel disruption from today (Monday) as Smallbrook Lane has been closed in both directions for the second phase of utility works as part of the wider roundabout improvement scheme. The busy road to...

A campaign group entitled Wootton/Whippingham Against Gravel Extraction (WAGE) has been formed in response to the proposal from Wight Buliding Materials to excavate nearly a million tons of gravel from the rural location of Palmers Farm. The group held their...

The Island’s county town could be left without a central doctors’ surgery leaving tens of thousands of Islanders facing the consequences. Plans have been revealed to relocate Newport Health Centre, from its 2 surgeries, in the centre of town and...

A woman who was driving to the hospital with medication for her sick mum has been given a 17-month driving ban after being caught behind the wheel whilst drunk. 29-year-old Rachael Woods appeared before Magistrates on Tuesday charged with 1...

Over 40 people representing businesses from across the Island attended a breakfast event in Newport earlier this week to find out more about the Government's electric car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and how companies and their employees can lease a new...

A rebel councillor has defended his decision to break an Isle of Wight Council convention after he was slammed by a colleague. Councillor Chris Jarman said there was no point 'acting like dinosaurs chained to the past when changes can...