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The leader of the Isle of Wight Council has defended the Island’s inclusion in Labour’s fast-track devolution plans in the face of doubt over County Hall’s future. Phil Jordan has said that fast-track devolution is about having local control of...

An iconic Isle of Wight footbridge in a very poor and unsafe condition will be replaced, as the Isle of Wight Council green lights plans supported by the local community. Shorwell Parish Council’s revised bid to replace Shorwell’s White Lady...

Households across the Isle of Wight will be forced to pay almost 5% more in council tax from April, as well as more money to fund the police, the fire service and town/parish precepts. The draft 2025/26 budget, revealed earlier...

Residents of the West Wight have hit out at a proposal for 27 homes, with one describing plans as ‘shocking, misplaced and reckless’. Colwell Bay View Ltd’s outline application for housing on agricultural land next to Spring Hill off Colwell...

Fires across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight involving common household white goods - such as tumble dryers and washing machines - occurred, on average, almost once a week in the last year, figures show. Analysis of Home Office fire...

Businesses in Newport and Carisbrooke are being offered free water butts to help cut the risk of flooding. Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council has received funding from Southern Water to install slow drain water butts for businesses and organisations in...

Labour has announced that it has postponed the forthcoming local elections on the Isle of Wight as part of its wider, controversial devolution plans. Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, confirmed the plan in the House of Commons this lunchtime (Wednesday)....

A campsite off in the village of Calbourne could be transformed into ‘upmarket and high-end’ glamping accommodation. Mike and Sean Fursse-Smith have applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to build self-contained glamping pods utilising 3 shipping...

Cowes Enterprise College is one of England's most improved schools for Progress 8 outcomes among disadvantaged students, new data from the Department for Education reveals. Ranking in the top 150 out of over 6,000 state secondary schools in the UK,...

Enthusiasm to clinch 'as many seats as possible' in the next Isle of Wight local election was evident at a packed Reform UK meeting in Newport on Saturday, bolstered by the party's growing popularity in national polls. Supporters from across...