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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Isle of Wight could be in line to house asylum seekers and refugees, following statements by the Prime Minister that all parts of the country must play their part in wider dispersal plans. Andy ...

That’s the claim from the operator of an unlicensed car wash in Shalfleet – despite the Island being in drought conditions, under a hosepipe ban, and despite him paying less than £250 towards the site ...

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