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2025 SEES GREEN LIGHT FOR HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND NEW FAST-FOOD OUTLETS ACROSS THE ISLE OF WIGHT
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...
Read moreDetailsEQUIPMENT ONCE USED LOCALLY NOW TRANSFORMING LIVES IN DJIBOUTI
The Isle of Wight Council’s Community Equipment Store has completed a remarkable effort to give paediatric equipment a second life overseas.
Read moreDetails24-HOUR ROAD CLOSURES ON BINSTEAD ROAD AS UPGRADE BEGINS ON MONDAY
Work to improve a large section of the main road through Binstead will get underway next week, bringing about significant traffic disruption.
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 2ND JANUARY 2026
The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (26th December 2025) are…
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING APPLICATIONS: 2ND JANUARY 2026
The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.
Read moreDetails3-YEAR BAN FOR DRUG DRIVER WHO CRASHED WHILST CHILD WAS IN CAR
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.
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL BACKS NEW POLICIES FOR STRAY DOGS, CORONER’S SERVICE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT
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.
Read moreDetailsHOW THE ISLE OF WIGHT WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR IN BYGONE TIMES
Up until the dawn of the 20th century, Islanders still kept seasonal customs that bound neighbour to neighbour through the turning of the year.
Read moreDetailsBEEKEEPER DIED FROM STING AFTER NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE HAT CORONER RULES
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.
Read moreDetailsPCC BACKS CALLS FOR NON-CRIME HATE INCIDENTS TO BE SCRAPPED
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.
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