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A public survey asking local people how Sandown’s problem with derelict buildings is affecting their lives was launched by Sandown Town Council on 5th June 2025. After just 11 days it had reached its original target of 1,000 replies. If...

A hot food business operating out of a converted orange shipping container could open next to one of the Isle of Wight’s busiest main roads. County Hall has received plans from Warren Bigginton for a new catering unit called 'Pie...

A long-standing Isle of Wight yacht club is looking to carry out upgrades to allow it to continue offering free sailing lessons to Island school children. Sea View Yacht Club (SVYC) has submitted plans to County Hall for a set...

A new scheme on the Isle of Wight is helping to protect local wildlife while supporting carefully planned development. The Isle of Wight Council has partnered with 11 other planning authorities across the South to take part in the NatureSpace...

Frank James Hospital in East Cowes - which sadly fell to rack and ruin at the turn of the century - served the communities of the twin towns at the mouth of the River Medina for over a century. The...

40-year-old Scott Taylor has been banned from the roads for 3 years after refusing to complete a roadside drugs wipe. Taylor, of Brook Close in Ryde, admitted failing to provide, drug driving and failing to cooperate with a preliminary test...

A 16.7% increase in car ferry charges caused uproar at an Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce meeting held at the Guildhall on 21st June 1950. Hoteliers had reported a tremendous number of cancellations of holiday bookings because ferry charges...

Cowes-based UKSA has been awarded the prestigious President's Award for collaboration at The Seafarers' Charity Annual General Meeting. The award recognises UKSA’s leadership and commitment to address issues impacting the welfare and mental health of professional yacht crew, including the...

A ‘high quality’ family home with direct beach access could be built in Gurnard. Applicants Keats and Simanke have submitted revised plans to County Hall for the construction of a 4-bedroom house with a garage at 60 Solent View Road....

A former Isle of Wight care home could become a 21-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO). Joubert Properties Ltd has put forward plans to County Hall for a conversion of the former Ward House Nursing Home on Ventnor’s Alpine Road....