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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....

Islanders are being encouraged to take part in a new survey that will help shape how Healthwatch services are provided on the Isle of Wight in the years ahead. The Isle of Wight Council is preparing to award a new...

Festival-goers are being urged to think carefully before getting behind the wheel the morning after drinking, as part of a Summer safety campaign. With the Isle of Wight Festival underway and other summer events just around the corner, the Isle...

The Crab & Lobster pub in Bembridge has been handed another damning 1-star food hygiene rating - the second within 9 months - with inspectors discovering a mouldy ice machine, flies landing on food and tubs of out-of-date crab. Following...

Red Funnel customers recently met with the ferry operator's leadership team to discuss topics at the front of customers' minds, as part of the Customer Forum initiative. Senior members of the Red Funnel team spoke openly with customers to tackle...

A group of Bembridge residents have joined forces with a local landowner to revitalise The Point, with work beginning this week to clear concrete blocks and reopen the area to the public. The project aims to transform The Point -...

Lake Parish Council has paid tribute to Councillor Bette Young following her retirement at the Council’s recent Annual Meeting. The meeting, held for the first time at the new venue known as the Meeting Place next to the New Road...

2 free foot passenger crossings will be offered for every young Island person in training or Sixth Form education as part of a ground-breaking range of travel benefits announced by Wightlink to encourage career, education, training and leisure travel to...

Plans to give a Cowes town centre bar a raised outside seating area have been refused. County Hall rejected Steve Tewkesbury’s proposal for raised seating to the rear of The Bird Bar at 104 High Street, Cowes. A statement submitted...