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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...

A national body has stepped into the possible school closures furore, saying few politicians are brave enough to go where the Isle of Wight Council is going. The Local Government Association (LGA), an organisation representing local authorities across the UK,...

Bembridge Harbour has been shortlisted in the Marina of the Year category of the British Yachting Awards. The East Wight-based harbour are 1 of 5 harbours from around the UK who have been nominated for this award, 2 of which...

The White Lady Bridge in Shorwell, which is said to be in a very poor and unsafe condition, is set to be replaced with a new, steel replica. Shorwell Parish Council has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for...

More than 100,000 people across Hampshire and Isle of Wight have taken up the offer of a free COVID-19 vaccination in the first week of the autumn campaign. Your local NHS would like to remind you that there are still...

A Gurnard woman who failed to abate the noise of her shrieking parrots has been taken to court and fined £261. 65-year-old Deborah Hall, of Jordan Close in Gurnard, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court last week (8th...

Island Roads is using new CCTV cameras to help ensure road closures are observed and on-site staff and pedestrians are not put at risk by motorists who ignore signs.   The cameras will also be used to record evidence of...

A 19th century Ryde school wall posing a 'severe safety risk' has been demolished. Ryde Town Council has sought listed building consent for the removal of the masonry wall of Vectis Hall, a Grade II listed building first built in...