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A popular Isle of Wight hotel will get a new changing room to serve its outside swimming pool – so bathers don’t have to walk from the pool through the restaurant anymore. Steven Wells of Garden Isle Hotels’ planning application...

Father Christmas is to visit towns and villages across the Isle of Wight in December. He will visit towns across the Island including Ryde, Freshwater, Cowes and Ventnor. Wherever you live, he’s coming to you. Isle of Wight Round Table,...

Christmas cards promoting library membership and giving access to millions of free books and other library services are being offered across the Isle of Wight this festive season. Throughout December residents can pop into any Isle of Wight Council-run library...

Sandown's The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary has announced that they have been named as finalists in this year’s Beautiful South Awards, which celebrate excellence in the tourism sector for Southeast England. The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary is a finalist in the Large...

With just under one month to go until Christmas Day, Red Funnel has confirmed it will be the only ferry operator crossing the Solent on 25th December. Red Funnel will once again be offering 2 departures from each side via...

An elderly Isle of Wight man will face no further action in relation to the death of a woman in Wootton earlier this year as Police are no longer treating her death as murder. It was on 9th September that...

35 years after being separated into individual shops, a prominent building in Ryde is to be amalgamated as French Franks eyes up an expansion of its popular deli. The property at the top of Union Street, in St Thomas' Square,...

A former farmhouse 'plagued by trespassers and vandals' looks set to be demolished by those behind the Pennyfeathers scheme in Ryde. Smallbrook Developments Limited has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to demolish the Prestwood Grange...

The draft Island Planning Strategy has taken another step forward with the recent appointment of 2 planning inspectors. This follows the submission of the draft plan and its supporting evidence base to the Government last month. Inspectors David Spencer and...

An atmospheric picture of Gosport at sunset, taken from the Bridge of Wightlink’s ferry St Clare in Portsmouth, is on the cover of the ferry company’s 2025 calendar. The colourful image won maximum votes from Wightlink’s panel of judges and...