6, March 2024·2 min readIsle of Wight residents struggle with sharps bin shortage for medical waste'Unacceptable' sharps bin crisis affecting Isle of Wight medical waste disposal
24, January 2024·2 min readCowes accused of ‘Lording it over East Cowes’ after Councillor gets ‘wrong end of illusory stick’Councillor misunderstanding sparks debate over East Cowes inclusion in Cowes area planning
18, May 2023·1 min readAnnual Isle of Wight council meeting sees change in committee chairsIsle of Wight Council's annual meeting sees significant committee role reshuffle among councillors
6, December 2022·2 min readIsle of Wight dental crisis continues to escalate: Health officials urged to interveneHealth officials have been urged to act now and not wait months to find a solution to the dental crisis
6, October 2022·5 min readWhat your councillor said at the meeting about the Planning StrategyFollowing News OnTheWight's report last night of the outcome of the vote on the draft Island Planning Strategy, here's what your councillors said
8, June 2022·2 min readIsle of Wight’s dentistry crisis ‘only getting worse’ committee hearsThe Isle of Wight council’s health and social care scrutiny committee heard of a worsening situation within dentistry on the Island
28, February 2022·2 min readConcerns over responsiveness of policing in Isle of Wight villagesTown and parish councils on the Isle of Wight have said policing levels were not good enough
30, November 2021·2 min readDental crisis is the Isle of Wight’s ‘biggest health inequality’Cllr Nicholson said the committee were worried at how long a response from NHS England was taking and that the excuses given were not acceptable
25, August 2021·2 min readHousing plans rejected on grounds of ‘underdevelopment’The vote was unanimous that plans better suited to the needs of the Isle of Wight would have been preferable
9, August 2021·2 min readYour elected Isle of Wight councillor: Their top three priorities #2/5 – North regionLearn the top three priorities for their four year term of the person who was elected to be your Isle of Wight councillor. Today, the Northern area
27, May 2021·2 min readNew Alliance Group take over Isle of Wight council’s Cabinet in post-election shake-up (Updated)The new leader of Isle of Wight council, Lora Peacey Wilcox, has named her dream team for the council's executive
4, January 2021·3 min readMedical Centre slammed at scrutiny committee for ‘inadequate levels of service’The chair of the health and social care scrutiny committee said, "It is plain that such inadequate levels of service and accessibility that now exists has the potential to put sick and vulnerable people in the community at unwarranted risk"