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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. Clicking each link will take you through to the application where planning documents...

Independent Arts has secured 3 years of funding for SingAbout, an Island-wide project providing regular weekly singing clubs for older people living with a range of conditions including dementia and social isolation. The £117,900 grant from The Henry Smith Charity...

Firefighters ventilating the below deck area A staff member who was seriously injured on the Cowes Floating Bridge in September last year was 'exposed to or came in contact with a harmful substance', it has been confirmed. Little has been...

A state-of-the-art piece of custom-built surfacing plant is joining the Island Roads’ resurfacing fleet. The new ‘midi-paver’ is a specialist in resurfacing narrow roads and will be used extensively in the coming year when numerous rural roads will be improved...

The Care Quality Commission, in partnership with Healthwatch Isle of Wight, are holding a focus group meeting on Wednesday 22nd May to gather the views and experiences of Islanders. The CQC would like to speak to people aged over 18...

Following the successful public meeting held by UKIP Deputy Leader Mike Hookem MEP in Ventnor last Monday, well known Councillor and local businessman Graham Perks has decided to leave the Conservatives and re-join UKIP. Councillor Perks is now the sole...

The Isle of Wight Youth Trust is on the search for a new Chief Executive following today's (Wednesday's) announcement that Mairead Healy is to stand down. The news comes after a period of transformation under Mairead's helm. She took up...

Wightlink will continue to run a revised timetable on it's Fastcat service until 1st May, it has been announced today (Wednesday). The cross-Solent operator's annual maintenance and refit programme was originally meant to last between 18th February and 28th March,...

A section of coastal path at Brighstone has been reopened this week thanks to the kind permission of Brighstone Holiday Centre. Part of the round-the-Island route, which runs along the 'back' of the Isle of Wight, had to be temporary...

The Easter bank holiday is just around the corner and therefore Islanders are being urged to consider if they have enough medicine to last. The long weekend runs from Friday 19th April to Monday 22nd April and during this time,...