Solent bid for Freeport status
Chris CornfordThe Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the region’s lead for economic development, has submitted a proposal to the government as…
Read MoreObituary – Mick Collis
A member of the duo Cloud Nine, Michael (Mick) Collis, has died after a short illness, aged 71. Mick and…
Read MoreCowes Mens Shed GIVE free tables
Storeroom2010’s Cowes Men’s Shed have teamed up with the Green Island Veg Economy (GIVE) Facebook group to give a selection…
Read More‘It’s not where we want or need to be”
For the first time in almost a decade, 100 affordable houses have been provided in a year on the Isle…
Read MoreWightSAR get a little help from the buses
Generous Southern Vectis staff have raised more than £1,000 for Isle of Wight Search & Rescue (WightSAR). Southern Vectis general…
Read MoreFormer GP surgery could become home
A former GP surgery in Lake could become a house after doctors sold the building. In a planning application to…
Read MoreGood intentions for big party thwarted
The Island’s High Sheriff, Caroline Peel, celebrates 50 years of marriage Today ,Tuesday (February 23) and has a particular reason…
Read MoreDemise of Newport
Newport’s Prezzo restaurant will close its doors permanently, it was announced yesterday. The branch was named as one of 22…
Read MoreFreshwater Five Appeal going ahead
A Ryde scaffolding business owner, who has spent the last 10 years in prison for a crime he maintains he…
Read MoreMen in sheds are back on the road
West Wight Men In Sheds is back on the road, thanks to the support of the local community and businesses.…
Read MoreNewport householders fear homeless scheme
Carisbrooke residents, worried about the effect a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) may have on their street, are strongly objecting…
Read MoreThe Island is closed…
The Isle of Wight is closed to visitors during the February half-term which starts on Monday (February 15). That is…
Read MoreHolmsey, Another year
Another year, another five per cent rise in council tax. Whatever happened to ex-councillor Bob Seely’s Island deal? Perhaps he’s…
Read MoreStroke survivor Richard Walking the Wight his way
An Island man, who’s recovering from two ‘life-changing’ strokes, is taking on Mountbatten’s virtual ‘Walk the Wight Your Way’ 2021…
Read MoreIsle of Wight local elections to go ahead
After the government confirmed this week that local government and other elections will be going ahead as planned on May…
Read MoreThe Isle of Wight Council’s Trading Standards officers have had a number of scam reports this week.
A resident reported a very worrying call from someone claiming to be a police officer at a London police station.…
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