A long stretch of Fairlee Road, Newport will be closed for overnight roadworks later this week. The work is a temporary measure to help maintain the road until it can be resurfaced as part of the ongoing programme.
Action needs to be taken now to protect NHS services on the Isle of Wight - including the hospital - say residents who are leading a campaign to 'Defend the NHS'.
The resident group KILF believes it's vital for Island Line's survival that this Isle of Wight train line must stay within the South Western Rail Franchise. Here are the results they've shared with OnTheWight of responses they got when asking for assurances from each of the local election candidates on the route.
Iain McKie had support of a prominent local party member to stand under the UKIP banner, but he's totally opposed to the national party's plans for a ban on Burqas. This isn't the last we'll hear from him though.
The Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats have announced their prospective parliamentary candidate - who is one of the youngest LibDem candidates in the country.
Ian Ward, a past Chairman of the Isle of Wight council and current IW Conservative Chairman, has received criticism over his Retweet of Tommy Robinson, the notorious ex-leader of EDL.