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A crucial County Hall meeting will take place tonight (Wednesday) where Isle of Wight councillors will vote on the 2025/26 budget and a 4.99% council tax hike. Full Council is due to decide on proposals including £1.5million in savings, an...

41-year-old Jonathan Weaver has been slapped with a 22-month driving ban after he crashed his van into a hedge whilst more than twice the drink-drive limit. Weaver, of Sandown Road in Bembridge, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...

A Wood Pigeon trapped inside Ryde's Tesco Extra store for the majority of last week with no food or water was thankfully able to fly free over the weekend. It is believed the pigeon made its way into the store...

The Government has refused to confirm that the Isle of Wight Council will remain independent of the mainland under devolution - with officials being told to simply wait and see. Earlier this month Council Leader Phil Jordan raised concerns with...

A match official came close to being killed in a match between Newport and Sandown & Lake, back in February 1905. The alleged 'rough and violent conduct' of spectators was reported to a meeting of the Hampshire Football Association at...

Isle of Wight Council Chairman, Councillor Karl Love, has slammed the 'disgusting' removal of trees from a roundabout in East Cowes. Taking to Facebook, Councillor Love, an East Cowes resident and representative, said the removal of the trees on the...

An Isle of Wight seaside holiday flat could be converted into residential accommodation. John Dart submitted a change of use application to County Hall to turn holiday accommodation at 31b Marsh Road in Gurnard into a residential unit. An application...

An iconic Isle of Wight town hall will now be more expensive to hire for both community and commercial events. Last week, East Cowes Town Council agreed to increase the community and commercial hourly hiring rates for York Avenue’s East...

Red Funnel and Artemis Technologies have now signed an agreement for the delivery of a brand new, all-electric Red Jet, with construction of the zero-emission ferry to begin soon. It was last July that the cross-Solent operator announced it would...

Joe Robertson MP's residents’ survey about a proposed Mayor for Hampshire and Solent has now passed 1,000 responses, which comes just days after a 70-strong demonstration gathered outside County Hall to demand ‘no Mayor without a vote’. Launched in response...