Plans to install new toilet and shower facilities at a historic East Cowes barracks building have sparked criticism from a local councillor.

The conversion of an events room often used by a popular Isle of Wight community cafe has been refused after mounting opposition.

A former seafront bar in Sandown, described as being in a “poor state of repair,” is set to be transformed into a four-bedroom house.

Southern Water has dismissed claims that a tanker was seen emptying “untreated sewage” into one of its Isle of Wight pumping stations