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As building work gets underway at its new site at Branstone Farm, changes are being proposed to the original base of Goddards Brewery in Ryde. In the first stages of the Isle of Wight Council’s plans for a rural business...

Additional no waiting zones outside schools in Cowes and Gurnard are among the latest proposals to revise traffic orders by the Isle of Wight Council. In the first phase of revisions, residents of Cowes, East Cowes, Northwood and Gurnard will...

BT is hoping to remove a further 15 telephone boxes from locations across the Island, it has been revealed. In September 2019, Island Echo reported that the telecoms operator was planning to remove 16 public telephones which had less than...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s Isle Talk IAPT (Improved Access to Psychological Therapies) service has developed ‘Isle Talk Wellbeing for Mums’ - a 6-week course for new and expectant mothers who need support for their mental health and wellbeing....

A new chair and vice-chair of the Isle of Wight Council have been elected after the last 2 councillors to hold the position failed to get re-elected. Accepting the positions tonight, Councillor Geoff Brodie and Councillor Claire Critchison started their...

Over £125,000 in grants have been issued to Isle of Wight residents to go towards the cost of installing electric vehicle charging points at the their properties, according to new data. The South East had the highest demand for electric...

‘It is an overwhelming challenge but the public voted for change so we are doing that' - that's some the new leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Lora Peacey-Wilcox, who has received more than 700 congratulatory messages since...

4 properties on the Island are among 119 lots listed across southern England in Clive Emson’s June auction. Receivers have instructed the land and property auctioneers to sell three-storey 12 St James Street, Newport. Comprising 4 self-contained flats and a...

A boy who sustained a deep laceration to his knee was taken to hospital after falling on rocks at Ventnor this afternoon (Sunday).  As crowds flock to the seaside for the start of the summer season, Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team...

A big shake-up of the Isle of Wight Council has seen new and familiar faces appointed to some of the most important roles in the authority. Following the election of Councillor Lora Peacey-Wilcox as leader of the Council on Wednesday...