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BCM LLP, an expanding, multi-disciplined rural property consultancy with offices on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Oxfordshire, is seeking an assistant to the planning & development/land agency departments. An exciting full-time opportunity is available to join the Isle of...

Plans have been submitted to change a former toilet block and part of a cafe on Sandown Esplanade into holiday lets. The Beach Shack, on the western end of Sandown Esplanade, currently a summer cafe with partially indoor seating, could...

News that the Island is to receive £235,600 of investment to improve its walking and cycling networks has been welcomed by Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely. The news comes as part of a government announcement by Transport Secretary, Grant...

Developers are trying again to build a bungalow in Lake after it was refused the first time - but the local Isle of Wight Council member still views it as totally inappropriate for the site. Applicants, W. S. Group, have...

A total of 872 Island businesses have so far been paid government grants totalling £1.43 million under 2 new schemes aimed at those closed or severely impacted by the current lockdown. The Isle of Wight Council – which began issuing...

Concerns over whether personal protective equipment (PPE) bought by the Isle of Wight Council was ethically sound have been dismissed. Between 1st April and 30th September, 2 PPE contracts worth more than £1.6 million were awarded to suppliers by the...

With the final withdrawal of Island Line's 80-year-old Class 483 trains a little over a month away, the London Transport Traction Group have announced that they've successfully secured one of these trains for preservation on the mainland, at the Epping...

This is your round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. Monday 16th November – Friday 20th November 2020   • Ryan Jeanes, 26, of Swainston Manor, Calbourne was disqualified from driving...

A new Sourdough Pizza & Pastaria is opening in St Thomas Square, Newport. The new restaurant is moving into the former Olivo premises, which has been renovated with a new fresh and modernised take, creating a cool and trendy Italian...

A new Christmas competition has launched giving Islanders the chance to win a £1,500 Wight Gift Card.  The Great Town and City Christmas Quiz is a national competition where places all around the UK and Ireland compete against each other...