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Volunteers, including staff from landscape contractors John O'Conner (who also provided 500 bedding plants) have transformed this forgotten corner of the town square

The Network Ryde plot at Quarry Road allotments has been one of Covid's successes, providing purpose and education for young people in Ryde

Appley Tower: Groups invited to come up with ideas of how to use it An element of community use at Appley Tower has always been a key priority, so community groups are invited to share ideas for how the space can be utilised Natural Enterprise is inviting local community groups to bring forward proposals of how they would like to utilise some or all of the space in Appley Tower. Since 2018 Natural Enterprise has been working with Ryde Town Council on a project to restore Appley Tower. Communit...

Ryde has just been selected for a new project within the programme called Twin Towns. Public artists, Mooch, will be “twinning” Ramsgate in Kent and Ryde on the Isle of Wight, two coastal resorts with many connections. Isle of Rydesgate A spokesperson for Mooch explains, “Using their Historic High Streets as inspiration, we are creating the fantasy Isle of Rydesgate. We need you to help us make the templates for the model buildings so if you fancy having fun with your drawing skills, pl...

The 23-year-old will appear before Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court this morning

The applicant wanted to convert the shop into residential accommodation with sash windows and a front door Proposals to change a once-popular sweet shop on Ryde High Street into a home have been described as ‘bland and poorly designed’ and rejected. The application, submitted by MDJ Architectural Services, has been refused by the Isle of Wight Council after more than 20 Ryde residents shared their opposition to the removal of shop space at the top of the High Street. Plans to convert shop ...

Isle of Wight FastCats are back in service from today The Solent sees the return of the Wightlink FastCat today. Full details within Wightlink’s foot passenger service connecting Portsmouth Harbour with Ryde Pier Head started running again this morning, in line with the easing of the Government’s Covid-19 travel restrictions.  The first FastCat sailing of 2021 was the 05:15 from the mainland, the first return trip from Ryde at 05:45 had 16 passengers on board. The route was suspended on Ch...

In this three minute segment, Ryde skateboarders and Zoe Thompson from Wight Trash talk to BBC reporter Ben Moore about the closure of Ryde skatepark

Letter: We need radical change at grassroots in Island politics to be competent Independent candidate, Michael Lilley, explores the issue of a lack of candidates for many town or parish council wards in the upcoming elections OnTheWight always welcomes a Letter to the Editor to share with our readers – unsurprisingly they don’t always reflect the views of this publication. If you have something you’d like to share, get in touch and of course, your considered comments are welcome below...

Letter: I think our voters are smarter than the Our Ryde candidate believes The Conservative candidate for Ryde North West challenges the views expressed by Our Ryde contender for the same seat, Phil Jordan OnTheWight always welcomes a Letter to the Editor to share with our readers – unsurprisingly they don’t always reflect the views of this publication. If you have something you’d like to share, get in touch and of course, your considered comments are welcome below. This from Conservat...