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Work has begun to demolish redundant farm buildings in preparation for the first phase of a project at the Isle of Wight Council's former Branstone Farm Studies Centre at Apse Heath.

A range of Island businesses and organisations has been involved in creating a new £13.6 million scheme including affordable housing, an outdoor education area, new green space, a rural business park area, and a new brewery and visitor centre for Goddard’s Brewery.

The Isle of Wight Council has appointed three new locality home care providers for the Island

From 1, February 2021 Nobilis Care, CSN Carewatch and First City Nursing will ensure that people continue to receive quality care and support, with a renewed focus on maximising and maintaining independence.

Elderly residents with concessionary bus passes will be able to access free bus travel all day, every day for essential journeys from next week.

The additional COVID-19 testing site at 1Leisure Medina will now only offer weekend appointments until the end of the month.

Work has started on a project to study the Isle of Wight's railways to see how they could meet future transport needs.

The government's Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund is supporting a research project, which is commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council and being carried out by a group of transport experts led by the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

Households across the Isle of Wight will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021.

If you're trying to pay us using a credit or debit card on Tuesday 19 January between 6am and 7am, you may experience some interruption to our services. 

Residents are being urged to have their say on plans to make it both easier and safer to 'get on your bike' in Newport.

The owners of an Isle of Wight gym have been fined for breaking coronavirus rules.

Apply now for funding! That's the message from the Isle of Wight Council as it relaunches its 'connect4communities' programme to help ensure children and young people on the Island do not go hungry this winter.