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The Isle of Wight Council has this afternoon (Monday) confirmed its plans to focus resources on four key priority areas in its finalised budget proposals for 2015/2016. The priority areas are highlighted in a report to the council’s Executive on...

The Isle of Wight Council is welcoming queries, comments and challenges that are beginning to come in as part of the recently launched consultation on school and post-16 places.  The consultation was launched on 26th January and runs until 30th...

South Boats IOW, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of class-leading Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV), has secured a major £6m new vessel order from offshore energy crew transfer operator, Seacat Services.  As part of the agreement, South Boats IOW, that has...

Isle of Wight Scout Danielle Marriott has recently been awarded her Young Leader belt, the highest award a Young Leader can achieve. Young Leaders are Explorer Scouts, 15 to 18 year olds, who take on additional responsibilities, helping to run...

An inquest has this week heard that being over twice the drink-drive limit resulted in the death of a Binstead man last June. As first reported by Island Echo, Mr Kenneth Mead, 59, was involved in a fatal road traffic...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is reminding residents of the importance of regularly maintaining their chimneys. In 2014, the fire service was called to a total of 28 chimney fires on the Isle of Wight, seven of...

Will Matthews, Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) for the Isle of Wight, has joined MYPs from across the UK in meeting with MPs and Councillors to request their support for our national campaign to establish a ‘living wage for all’. Members of...

The Isle of Wight Council will be funding more than 15 sustainable transport projects under the government's latest Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF).  Known as LSTF2, the council has secured just under £1 million of investment from the Department for Transport,...

Island Roads have deployed extra resources to help repair potholes and other road defects across the Island during what is traditionally the worst time of the year for potholes - but Islanders are still complaining about the state of the...

Supermarket giant Tesco have confirmed that the Island's four stores are safe from closure after it was announced earlier this month that a total of 43 stores would shut nationwide. The Tesco Extra store in Ryde and three Express stores in...