B&B owners have labelled the Isle of Wight council's campaign to "ensure the public purse is not subsidising tourism businesses" as "bullying and threatening".
The CLA is calling for rural police forces across England and Wales to implement its five recommendations to ensure they are ready to combat rural crime.
With dark nights upon us, rural areas can provide rich pickings for criminals – so the CLA is issuing some top tips to help protect homes and property.
In a move unpopular with the public, the Isle of Wight council have decided to remove 29 Bottle banks from around the Island. Here's when your town/village will lose its bottle banks.
A survey carried out during half term found there is "deep anger and frustration concerning the reduced waste collection service" with over a 1,000 comments by council tax payers.
A new campaign aims to help householders learn about the right thing to do with their rubbish and reduce the amount of household waste that is fly tipped by rogue traders who offer to take people’s waste away for money and then dump it.
Leader of the Isle of Wight council is accused of being "out of touch" and "should be making it easier to reduce, reuse and recycle our waste – not slashing access to much needed facilities," say Isle of Wight Greens.