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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...

50-year-old Jason Mark Holbrook from East Cowes, who was allegedly seen masturbating in his van just metres from a child's play park, has been charged with outraging public decency and will appear before the courts next month. As previously reported...

This year’s Great Coastal Birdwatch kicks off on Saturday (19th October) and runs until 3rd November and its organiser, Bird Aware Solent, is encouraging anyone who lives near the coast to take part. Now in its 6th year, the birdwatch...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trus are formally supporting The SAS Collective to improve the careers of specialty, specialists and associate specialist (SAS) doctors and dentists, who are vital in the local medical workforce. The...

Cowes Enterprise College, part of Ormiston Academies Trust, has been again awarded the prestigious Optimus Education Wellbeing Award in recognition of its support for wellbeing.  The academy has been awarded the prestigious accolade for another 3 years, underscoring the academy's...

55-year-old Jason Warren, who crashed his car into a wall and then failed to provide a specimen for analysis, has been banned from the roads for 22 months. Warren, of Grange Road in East Cowes, appeared at the Isle of...

As news breaks of the sudden death of singer Liam Payne, Islanders are remembering his appearance on the Isle of Wight when he shot a music video in Shanklin. It was in November 2019 - almost 5 years ago -...

The Isle of Wight Council has been awarded £150,000 to help bring forward a prime brownfield site in Newport for development. The windfall will be used to demolish the former police station on Fairlee Road, Newport, and prepare the council-owned...

Islanders taken to court for not paying council tax will have to pay up to £128.50 in increased administration fees from next year. The Isle of Wight Council’s director of corporate services, Sharon Betts, decided earlier this week recommended an...

Monday 7th October – Friday 11th October 2024 • Graham Assets Limited of Craven Park Road, London was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £956 costs with a £1,000 surcharge for failing to undertake works on 52, 54 and 56...