BBC

Suspected arson attack at derelict island hotel

Firefighters from four stations were called to the former hotel on the corner of Carter Street and Broadway A fire which broke out at a derelict hotel by the sea is thought to have been started ...
Daily Mail

The town abandoned by tourists: How once 'booming' seaside resort is now an 'utter disgrace' packed with ghost hotels

A once 'booming' seaside resort has become a ghost town with rotting hotels and an empty High Street. Sandown was once the jewel in the crown of the Isle of Wight with its five-mile beach known for ...
BBC

Plans to replace seaside hotel with flats submitted

A vacant seafront hotel that was ravaged by a fire more than six years ago could be demolished and replaced with flats. Developer Farid Barsoum wants to demolish the damaged section of the Tarvic 2 ...
BBC

Sandown: 'Let’s tackle seaside decay with positivity'

"Get off social media and stop being negative," a local business owner urges people in Sandown on the Isle of Wight. The town's seafront is blighted by two so-called "eyesores", the former Ocean Hotel ...
BBC

Second arson arrest after fire at seaside hotel

Officers have arrested a second man following a series of fires at a derelict seafront hotel. Firefighters were called to reports of fires at the Ocean Hotel in Sandown on the Isle of Wight on 5 and 8 ...
Irish Sun

Crumbling ruins of grand hotels prove council has let our seaside town go to the dogs – we’re UK’s ‘forgotten people’

IT was the jewel of the Isle of Wight where white-gloved concierges welcomed notables like Charles Darwin and Jimi Hendrix to its posh resorts. Today, pigeon poo covers a decrepit old sign of the ...