I have a gift for spotting flaws, which means I’m never completely content with anything. Of course, none of us is perfect, ...

Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, has hit out at cross-Solent ferry operators, calling their private-equity ownership ...

Wolverton Manor Garden Fair brings together the Isle of Wight's largest collection of specialist nurseries, growers and ...

Plans to offer overnight accommodation, deep inside Bouldnor Forest, have sparked fears of wildfires and a risk of damaging ...

On August 31, 1889, the Isle of Wight Observer's editor reflected on a long-standing rivalry between different parts of Ryde, claiming divisions between the town’s upper and lower communities stretche ...

Bembridge: 26/01033/FUL. Gainsborough Court, Lane End Road, Bembridge, Isle Of Wight, PO35 5SZ. Retention of detached self contained annexe https://publicaccess.iow ...

Tickets for the star-studded 2026 Isle of Wight Literary Festival are now on sale. Leading broadcaster, Clare Balding, actress Amanda Barrie, BBC newsreader, Sophie Raworth, football commentator, ...

Just over two years into the current Parliament and, with a new Prime Minister, we looked at Electoral Calculus, the national political forecasting site, and its modelling and projections for both ...

Arreton 26/00715/HOU: St Albans, Main Road, Arreton, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 3AQ. Retention and completion of garage conversion and single-story pitch roof link extension to form annexed ...

The Island’s Parachute Regiment Association (PRA) paid tribute, on Tuesday, to former comrade Peter Stephen Grundy, who was killed in a booby trap in Northern Island in 1979. Pte Grundy was born in ...

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Recently elected Reform councillor, Les Kirkby, is determined to lift the lid on why so many roadworks appear suddenly across the Isle of Wight, causing repeated headaches for businesses, residents, ...