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BID FOR 3 HOMES ON GREENFIELD SITE WINS SUPPORT DESPITE ISLAND ROADS OBJECTION
A greenfield scheme for 3 houses on the outskirts of Niton is dividing opinion after Island Roads filed a road safety objection.
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT NURSE AMONG NHS STAFF INVITED TO DOWNING STREET BY PRIME MINISTER
To mark the NHS’s 78th birthday, 2 local NHS staff were invited to Downing Street, to celebrate the people who make the NHS what it is.
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT STUDENTS APPLAUDED AT COUNTY HALL AFTER REACHING UK NATIONAL FINAL
A group of Isle of Wight students whose innovative board game has earned national recognition were welcomed to County Hall earlier this week (Wednesday) to showcase their success to councillors.
Read moreDetailsSHIPPING CONTAINER CHANGING ROOMS APPROVED AS YOUNG SAILORS OUTGROW EXISTING FACILITIES
A shipping container will be used as changing rooms at an Isle of Wight sailing club. Plans to improve sports provision at Yarmouth Sailing Club will go ahead as learning to sail becomes more popular. Martin Palmer has been granted...
Read moreDetails‘DIRTY BUSINESS ISN’T A DRAMA, IT’S A REALITY’ – PROTESTERS TARGET SOUTHERN WATER
Campaigners made their feelings known outside County Hall earlier this week.
Read moreDetailsLOCAL LEADERS CALL FOR MAYORAL ELECTION TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AS £7MILLION COSTS LOOM
Political leaders across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are to urge the next Prime Minister to bring forward elections for the region's first elected mayor.
Read moreDetailsROADWORKER ABUSE AND ROAD CLOSURE BREACHES HIT 61 INCIDENTS IN JUST 3 MONTHS
The Island Roads Safety Group has recorded 61 incidents in the 3 months since it was established to encourage motorists to respect roadworkers and comply with temporary traffic management measures.
Read moreDetailsPENSIONER TO REMAIN IN SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AFTER ‘DEVIL’ MADE HER STAB HUSBAND
Judge Bowes told the court that a hospital order was 'not a punishment'...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT MUM TAKES ON FIRST-EVER 5K TO HELP CHILDREN WITH LIMB DIFFERENCES
An Isle of Wight mum who says she "can't run at all" has completed her first-ever 5K challenge, raising hundreds of pounds to help children with limb differences receive life-changing prosthetic arms after her son was born with 1 arm.
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT MP ‘UNSURPRISED’ BY ST MARYS FAILINGS FOLLOWING LATEST CQC FINDINGS
Joe Robertson has said he is 'sadly unsurprised' by the report which reflects what he saw upon visiting St Marys earlier this year.
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