The floating bridge will undergo its annual inspection by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in March. 

Rural Services Network and Citizens Advice Rural Issues Group have launched a rural cost of living household survey. 

The Cabinet member for planning and enforcement, Councillor Paul Fuller, will request that when Full Council meets on January 18, it allows more time for Cabinet to consider the implications of a new national planning consultation on both the content and programme of the Draft Island Planning Strategy (IPS).  This will be a revision of the motion agreed in November 2022.

Latest update @11.55am 18 January 2023.

The revetment between Sandown and Shanklin will be re-opened later today (Friday).

A new five-year contract to manage Ventnor Harbour has been awarded by the Isle of Wight Council.

Households that pay to receive the Isle of Wight Council’s Green Garden Waste collection service will soon be able to renew their subscription from 16 January 2023.

Unfortunately, we need to reboot our main website servers later this evening (10pm, 10 January 2023).

Isle of Wight retailer W. Hurst & Son has taken the top spot in a nationwide search to find the UK’s favourite local business

The new permissive footpath at Brighstone Holiday Centre and the Isle of Wight Coastal Path between Grange Chine and Isle of Wight Pearl have been closed following significant landslips making it unsafe to use.