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The lockdown period has provided a window of opportunity for Island Roads and its contractors to schedule carriageway excavation works at Hope Hill, Shanklin in late November. The works follow some temporary repairs that were made in the early summer...

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: 20/01160/FUL...

Public Health Officials have not revealed how many COVID tests are being carried out, but it is now known that only 2.6% came back as positive in the past 7 days. Testing has been ramped up recently to keep up...

More than 400 Isle of Wight school pupils are currently self-isolating after being in contact with a positive case of COVID-19. A number of education settings on the Island, ranging from primary schools all the way through to colleges, have...

2 Wetherspoon pubs on the Isle of Wight have won acclaim for the quality and standards of their toilets in the Loo of the Year Awards 2020. Fowler & Co. in Union Street, Ryde and The Man in the Moon...

The number of children in care on the Isle of Wight has increased over the course of the COVID pandemic, with the increase potentially down to delays in referrals due to the lockdown, meaning families broke down. Figures from the...

Healthwatch Isle of Wight has launched a new survey to capture people’s experience of dental services. To limit Covid-19 transmissions, dental practices were instructed to close and stop all routine dental care from the 25th March 2020. Emergency dental hubs...

A marine flare left out with normal household waste caused a dramatic explosion at the Isle of Wight Council's waste plant yesterday (Wednesday). The incident occurred as a result of somebody putting out the flare with their general waste. This...

Following significant rainfall over recent weeks, preparations for a River Test Drought Permit have now been stopped according to Southern Water. River Test flows have remained above our ‘60-Day’ trigger level (25 days until the possible need to apply for...

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has written to 200 rural MPs warning that the Government is not ready to begin the transition away from the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). The organisation, which represents 30,000 landowners across England and Wales, first...