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A big thank you to all of the lovely Islanders who made us Scooterists feel very welcome at the weekend. People worked so hard in the pubs, shops and restaurants, and everything was organised perfectly in relation to transport/parking etc....

Sandown’s Broadway Centre hosted around 40 Sandown residents last Thursday (22nd August) who were keen to speak with Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely about the Council’s housing plans for the area. The meeting was the 9th so far of...

Goodleaf Tree Climbing, based in Ryde, has been selected as 1 of 100 trail-blazing small businesses in the official count-down to Small Business Saturday, which takes place across the UK on 7th December 2019. The ‘Small Biz 100’ are a...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has written to the local council asking them to reconsider a decision to charge a small bookshop in Newport £400-a-year to put a cardboard box of second-hand books on the pavement outside the shop....

A section of the busy Cowes to Newport road at Northwood is to be upgraded next month. The section between Medham Farm Lane and Coronation Avenue at Northwood will be excavated and rebuilt as well as resurfaced by Island Road...

A positive change to the Blue Badge scheme comes into play today (Friday), as people with hidden disabilities will be eligible for a permit. But a new study reveals dedicated parking spaces for Blue Badge holders are already at breaking...

A number of highly offensive Swastika symbols - which are associated with Nazi Germany - have been sprayed onto the doors of a school in Ventnor overnight. The unmistakable graffiti has appeared on doors and signs around St Catherine's School...

After a recent and successful trial, Northwood House Charitable Trust has agreed to provide 4 free spaces every day for Isle of Wight patients that need to travel to the mainland for NHS treatments or appointments. The Park Road car...

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. New Applications Application...

Those heading in and out of the village of St Helens face a lengthy diversion from the start of next month as Island Roads look set to close Carpenters Road for a period of 4 weeks. Work on a small...