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28-year-old Becky Wall, who was involved in a serious hit-and-run collision on Briddlesford Road almost 2 weeks ago, has undergone successful surgery on her pelvis this week. The mum-of-one from Ryde remains in a coma in Southampton General Hospital after...

Organisers of next month's inaugural Great Wonderfest festival have announced a comprehensive accessibility programme to help support those families who may find it difficult to access a mainstream festival environment through physical or learning disability or neuro-developmental disorders such as...

Vectis Radio has given vital support to enable Isle of Wight Search and Rescue to drastically improve its encrypted digital radio network across the Island. WightSAR was awarded funding from the Morrisons Foundation for new digital radios and infrastructure to...

Construction of the Isle of Wight's latest Premier Inn hotel is progressing well, with a fixed crane set to be installed on the Sandown Esplanade site from today (Monday). The foundations of the 100-bed building have been set and the...

The annual Osborne Horse Trials, organised by Bede Events, has been cancelled for 2019, it has been announced this evening (Sunday). In what appears to be a ‘leaked’ statement shared to social media, it has been revealed that due to...

New chains are to be fitted to the troubled Cowes Floating Bridge next week, bringing 5 days of disruption to the West Cowes-East Cowes service. Experts are installing the new chains to replace the older, existing chains – which are...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Registrar Service has been praised by the government’s General Register Office. The Isle of Wight Registrar Service has exceeded national performance standard for Island births and still births, registering all in the past year within...

The Chairman of the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has this week said that the organisation will continue to work with the Isle of Wight Council to secure the improvements needed to the Cowes Floating Bridge. In 2016, the Isle...

Planning permission has now been granted for the Isle of Wight’s first outdoor, floating, inflatable Aqua Park to be constructed at Tapnell Farm, with plans to open Spring next year. Located in the centre of Tapnell Farm, the Aqua Park...

This page contains details of planning applications submitted to the Isle of Wight Council for which the consultation period commences on or after the Friday of publication. Each application can be looked up in detail at https://www.iow.gov.uk/planning/, quoting the application number....