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A poignant video message from an 8-year-old boy who one day wants to take on threatened Westridge Farm is the focal point of a petition to save it. Plans are currently being discussed by the Isle of Wight Council for...

Healthwatch Isle of Wight has been nominated for a prestigious national award for their inpatient mental health wards visits which has helped improve the environment for patients staying in these wards on the Isle of Wight. Healthwatch Isle of Wight...

Proposals for the new Yarmouth Primary School — in Freshwater — have moved closer as council officers give the site the go-ahead. Plans were submitted by the Isle of Wight Council to demolish the former All Saints’ Primary School, on...

This is your round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. Monday 12th October – Friday 16th October 2020   • Vicky Standen, 36, of Chapel Street in Newport, pleaded guilty to failing...

Council leader Dave Stewart has confirmed that the Isle of Wight Council remains committed to ensuring all Island children and families in need of vital food support, both during school holidays and at other times, get access to all possible...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Rights of Way team has closed the Island’s Byways to motor vehicles for the winter season, effective from 9th October. The reason for closures is that unbound surfaces become soft and are easily damaged during...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Team, alongside project management colleagues and the Care Home Support Team, have won an award for the ‘Best COVID-19 Remote Monitoring Solution’ at the 2020 Health Tech Digital Awards. The...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has appointed their final partner to support the delivery of healthcare services on the Isle of Wight. Solent NHS Trust, who are already Isle of Wight NHS partners supporting the delivery of the Mental...

A row over who cuts the grass at a car park and viewpoint has left a parish council criticising the Isle of Wight Council. Residents had complained to Shalfleet Parish Council about the overgrown state of Bouldnor Viewpoint, off the...

A hotel that has felt the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic is asking for permission to be turned into flats, 1 with holiday use. The Esplanade Hotel on Shanklin Esplanade has submitted an application to the Isle of Wight...