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The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

The Isle of Wight NHS's recruitment of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Project Manager, on a salary of up to £52,000 a year, has sparked controversy with Elon Musk saying such roles are a result of the 'woke mind virus'...

Isle of Wight real ale enthusiasts have voted the Newport Ale House as their favourite Isle of Wight pub, and Earl’s RDA from Island Brewery as its top beer for 2024. The Isle of Wight has an active CAMRA branch...

Red Funnel will not be able to run a 3-boat ferry service in April and May - some of the busiest months of the year - as Red Osprey is to undergo additional maintenance works, it has been announced. The...

An underground electrical cable relating to an approved Isle of Wight solar farm could be installed along a roughly 2.5km route through rural farmland. Samuel Dix of Low Carbon Solar Park 17 Limited has applied to County Hall for planning...

The Isle of Wight Hedgelaying Competition, hosted by Wight Nature Fund, was enjoyed by around 150 spectators in the Island sunshine last weekend. It comes after the original organisers cancelled the event just a few weeks beforehand. Held at Park...

Local Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaigners are asking members, delegates, councillors and MPs attending this weekend’s Labour Party South East Regional Conference in Portsmouth for their continued support. In December, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions...

The Isle of Wight Council is pushing on with the closure of 5 local primary schools, despite the controversy surrounding the matter, and will bring down the axe in just a week's time. After a further public consultation on school...

Green Party community councillor for Newport Central, Vix Lowthion, is to table a proposal at the next Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council Planning Committee to recommend the refusal of the application for an ‘Adult Gaming Centre’ on Newport High Street....

A near 5% council tax hike has been approved as part of the Alliance administration’s 2025/26 budget, passed at a decisive Isle of Wight Council meeting last night (Wednesday). Isle of Wight households will soon have to fork out even...