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A Cowes couple have appealed an Isle of Wight Council decision to refuse planning permission for an 'intrusive' extension application. Mr and Mrs Galvin want to put in a first and second-floor extension at a building known as The Studio...

Plans to renew dog controls across the Island have gone out to consultation today (Monday) after the Isle of Wight Council let the existing legal orders lapse. Public Spaces Protection Orders, or PSPOs, allow the Isle of Wight Council to...

Representatives of the Solent & Isle of Wight Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) Group recently met with Isle of Wight MPs Joe Robertson (East) and Richard Quigley (West), with both Members of Parliament expressing their support for the campaign....

A drug driver from Ryde who mounted a pavement and collided with a pedestrian had a child in the car at the time of the offence, a court has heard. Robyn Russell, 29, of Slade Road in Oakfield, admitted drug...

The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging Islanders who smoke to take part in Stoptober, this October. Stoptober is back for 2024 and we are calling on people who smoke, across the Island, to join 2.5 million other people across...

A Lincolnshire man who was convicted in his absence after he didn't turn up to his Magistrates Court trial is to be sentenced in November. Matthew Godefroid, 38, of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...

The Island’s very own powerhouse, Frank Schlepp - also known as the 'Hungarian Hulk - has successfully qualified for the prestigious 2025 English Bench Press Championship. Frank, Ferenc Schlepp’ secured his spot by earning a silver medal at the South...

Isle of Wight-based Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is celebrating its biggest summer yet, after supporting 671 young cancer survivors nationwide. Hundreds of young people sailed out of East Cowes Marina between May and September as part of a programme of...

After some 134 years on the High Street in Sandown, menswear shop Fields has closed its doors. It was in 1890 that Fields opened at 49 High Street as a tailor and outfitter, before becoming a menswear shop in the...

Mew Langton - probably the Isle of Wight's most famous brewery - had 144 pubs dotted around the Isle of Wight at its zenith, around 1 for every 1,000 inhabitants. It has even been claimed that Mew Langton produced the...