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The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Application No: 21/00697/FUL...

Hampshire Constabulary is the first Police force in England to use a new management system for Single Justice Procedure cases, making it easier for people across the Isle of Wight to admit their guilt to certain offences without going to...

The Isle of Wight Council has announced that it is to introduce a grace period for users of the key worker parking permit scheme. As Island Echo previously reported, the scheme, which was introduced at the beginning of the coronavirus...

Freshwater residents' fears over potentially losing their Post Office as part of plans for the town's Co-Operative store to become a Tesco have been allayed. The announcement that the Co-Operative store on Afton Road is set to close and transform...

A 23-year-old window fitter found in possession of a lock knife has been ordered to carry out 220 hours of unpaid work. McCauley Silverthorne, of Trafalgar Road in Newport, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged...

Retained firefighters at Shanklin Fire Station have been recognised by the Chief Fire Officer for their efforts at a road traffic collision near Arreton last year. The letter of recognition highlights the professional and courageous actions of the Shanklin crew...

Plans to totally renovate the redundant tramway pier in Ryde have been unveiled as part of the £96.5 million Ryde Gateway Project. The scheme, between authorities in Hampshire, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, as well local transport operators, announced...

38-year-old Michael Leigh Phillips has been given 6 points on his licence and fined £240 for driving without a licence and without insurance, as well as possession of cocaine. Police were tipped off on 4th June this year about a...

The conversion of a former guest house into a house of multiple occupancy for homeless people was given the go-ahead last night by planners… although compromises were made to the permission. Residents had shared their fears over the controversial plan....