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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 ...

There is to be no service whatsoever on the Island Line from today (Friday) until the middle of next week owing to track maintenance work. South Western Railway has confirmed that services will be suspended until Tuesday 12th March inclusive, ...

A 34-year-old man is under investigation after rolling his BMW onto its roof in Yaverland last night (Wednesday). Police were called at 22:33 to a report of a single-vehicle road traffic collision on Yaverland Road, near the roundabout junction with ...

Residents and businesses in Bembridge have expressed their disgust that Island Roads is to close a main road into the village for 3 weeks across the busy Easter period. Resurfacing works mean that Kings Road - which connects Embankment Road ...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have rushed to the centre of Newport this evening (Thursday) where Police are conducting a search of a residential address. Under the leadership of a Police Search Advisor, officers from the High Harms Team are ...

The failure of iron wall ties has been identified as the cause behind the collapse of a wall at the rear of a shop in Ryde earlier this week. As previously reported by Island Echo, firefighters were mobilised to the ...

Aspects of a major housing development in Shalfleet have been called ‘bonkers’, but the scheme was given the go-ahead earlier this week. Councillor Matt Price said it was 'absolutely crazy' to consider the application for Shalfleet because it would encourage ...

The Tritone Singers would like to thank those who attended their Christmas concert which raised almost £1,000 for Mountbatten. The next performance on March 23rd features varied choral works from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Included in the programme ...

Wightlink is launching its Green Innovation Fund for 2024 to help make the Isle of Wight more sustainable. This is an opportunity for groups of Islanders to make a real difference in their community by coming up with a good ...

For the first time, Naturezones Wildlife Education Trust will be taking part in The National Lottery Open Week - with Islanders invited along to the wildlife field study centre at Shide to make a willow fat ball feeder. The Trust ...