·2 min read
Support has been flowing in for the proposal to bring Newport Football Club back closer to the heart of Newport
Isle of Wight Council
Learn what’s really happening at the Isle of Wight Council at OnTheWight, reported by this award-winning team behind the Isle of Wight news service.
Coverage includes the council’s delegated decisions, planning applications, changes in policy and press releases.
·1 min read
The latest salvo in the disagreement about the Isle of Wight council Executive giving away the freehold of the £32m Cowes Enterprise College to Ormiston Academies Trust.
·2 min read
Councillor Love abstained from the leadership vote saying both candidates were offering only division and not unity
·1 min read
Event organised on the eve of the deadline for comments on the proposed asphalt plant.
·3 min read
The Island's approach to mental health and well being was highlighted by the Covid pandemic. Simon Bryant explains more in his third annual report
·4 min read
"Cumbria is gaining one of our best" was just one of the many tributes for outgoing CEO John Metcalfe as he attended his last Full Council meeting this week
·1 min read
The Island Independents say the constitutional changes voted through at last night's council meeting are "even worse even than the ‘Pugh days’", adding that the "Conservatives are effectively silencing the opposition".
·3 min read
After two years of being in power at Isle of Wight council, Dave Stewart has listed three specific things in his 'What we've achieved on the Island so far' column. The public's reaction is an eye-opener.
·2 min read
Call your councillor and share your views before the full council meeting on Wednesday says one campaigner against the cuts.
·4 min read
With the closure of Mental Health Day Centres around the corner, one service user says all he's been offered is to 'pop along to Aspire' - who had to shut their wellbeing services down after funding cut
·2 min read
The Minister for devolution asked the Hampshire and IW partnership to agree that devolved powers should be given to a new elected ‘metro mayor’ for the area. They voted against the idea.
·2 min read
The council paper is seeking a fresh approach to the land at Culver Parade and say they want to secure investment that complement the area’s natural environment and unique heritage
