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A huge 473-home development, a ‘multi-million-pound’ McDonald’s Drive Thru and conversion plans for a former Isle of Wight nightclub, these are some of 2025’s most high-profile planning proposals approved by Isle of Wight Council officers or councillors after debates at...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Community Equipment Store has completed a remarkable effort to give paediatric equipment a second life overseas.

Work to improve a large section of the main road through Binstead will get underway next week, bringing about significant traffic disruption.

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (26th December 2025) are…

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.

A Ryde man who crashed a Mercedes while under the influence of drugs – with a child in the vehicle – has been banned from the road for 3 years.

A new policy to manage stray dogs on the Isle of Wight, a hefty 61-point Coroner’s Service Recovery Plan and an 'excellent' strategy to tackle domestic abuse were 3 key plans adopted at County Hall at the end of 2025.

Up until the dawn of the 20th century, Islanders still kept seasonal customs that bound neighbour to neighbour through the turning of the year.

An Isle of Wight beekeeper died after suffering a severe allergic reaction having been stung on the ear by one of his own bees, an inquest has concluded.

A review by police leaders is expected to call for non-crime hate incidents to be replaced with a new common sense system, a decision that is backed by Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones.