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Ryde Town Centre could soon get 2 new, ‘low-cost’ studio flats. Wightlife Properties Limited has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to convert the ground floor of a commercial property at 120 and 120A High Street...

An application for planning permission to continue siting a mobile crushing plant for recycling waste building materials at Knighton Sandpit is facing an objection from Newchurch Parish Council. Roger Morgan’s proposal is a renewal and ‘exactly the same’ as previous...

In an extraordinary find in the waters off the Isle of Wight, a mantis shrimp - renowned for its unique vision and hunting prowess - has been recorded on video, offering a rare glimpse of this elusive species thriving in...

A Yarmouth-based pub dating back to the 17th century will get new ‘high quality’ bed and breakfast accommodation. The Isle of Wight Council has granted Character Inns IOW Limited listed building consent (LBC) to install a total of 5 guest...

The Isle of Wight Council will receive in the region of £1.6million to spend purely on repairing the Island's potholes. Local authorities across the country are being given extra money to fix a pothole pandemic, with the Government announcing an...

The former Topshop building in Newport has been transformed with a new café now welcoming customers on the ground floor - with a name you might find familiar. It was in February 2021 that Topshop fell into administration and the...

There is a new crimefighter on the streets of the Isle of Wight... say hello to Police Dog Echo - a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois. PD Echo started his life living in the back of a car, but after being rescued...

Local mum Hilary Richardson is starting 2025 having transformed her life after losing more than 7 stone with Slimming World. After being hit by a car back in November 2022, which damaged her ankle and ligaments, Hilary found herself in...

Island Roads is resuming its highways improvement activity from tomorrow, including on the main road between Ryde and Newport at Binstead - but work at New Road, Brading has been pushed back until October.  Improvement work on Binstead Hill, Binstead;...

34-year-old Leszak Berezniak has been ordered to pay a High Street retailer £110 in compensation after stealing a pair of trainers and a jumper from the store. Berezniak, of Fort Street in Sandown but previously of Grove Road in Sandown,...