News of unprecedented £364.6 million government investment to improve the Island’s highway infrastructure is welcomed by the Isle of Wight Council. Under the PFI, the public road network will be rebuilt or resurfaced as will every pavement, kerb and cycleway…

The Isle of Wight Council has set a budget that caps the council tax rise to 2.5 per cent. At the same time, the approved budget seeks to protect services for the most vulnerable while also providing £130 million worth of investment to boost services identified as priorities by residents…

A major event for all the family ‘Partners Against Crime’ takes place at Medina Leisure Centre this Saturday and several organisations will show the work they do in tackling and preventing crime on the Isle of Wight…

Impressive news: According to major survey carried out by the Isle of Wight Council, an overwhelming 97.8 percent of residents feel the Island is a good place to live. The views expressed will help the council set its spending priorities for the following year and help formulate the 2010/11 budget proposals due to be discussed in the coming weeks…

The issue that will help shape the next Isle of Wight Council budget will be discussed by the authority’s overview and scrutiny committee on Monday (Feb 1st). The views of the committee will be relayed to Cabinet that meets on February 9th with the proposed budget presented at the Full Council meeting of February 24th.

Now the Island’s priority principal transport network is clear, efforts have been turning to other areas of the Island’s transport network. These include key footways in some of the Island’s main towns. With the reserves the Island has, there is no prospect that the Island will have insufficient salt supplies during the current cold snap…

Islanders are being asked to share their life stories with the possibility that their tale could then be told on national television and published in a book. The BBC is looking for the extraordinary events that have taken place in the lives of ordinary people – life-changing, romantic, comic or tragic…

Work to prevent flooding on the popular Cowes to Newport cycleway will be undertaken by the Isle of Wight Council later this month. Work begins on October 26th, and has been programmed outside of the busier main summer season and the riverside footpath should not be affected…