INDEPENDENT ‘SCRUTINY’ BOARD TO CHALLENGE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL ON SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
The board will scrutinise the Isle of Wight Council's progress on improving services, identifying risks and ensuring that planned changes...
Read moreDetailsWHEN WAR-WEARY WINNIE THE POOH AUTHOR A. A. MILNE RECOVERED AT OSBORNE
Before creating Winnie the Pooh, Alan Alexander Milne came to Osborne House to recover from the physical and mental toll...
Read moreDetailsTHE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF SAM THE SANDOWN CLOWN
HALLOWEEN HERITAGE: Children exploring marshland near Sandown in 1973 claimed to have met a bizarre figure unlike anything seen before,...
Read moreDetailsGIBBS AND GURNELL BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY TO £400 FRAGRANCE THEFT IN RYDE
Bailey Smith was subject to a police manhunt after he burgled the popular Ryde chemist.
Read moreDetails“NOTHING CAN BE DONE” SAYS COUNCILLOR AS FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER DUMPED VEHICLES
Frustrations over the 'blight' of dumped cars and caravans in the south of the Isle of Wight were vented at...
Read moreDetailsDON’T BIN YOUR PUMPKIN! ISLANDERS URGED TO CUT WASTE THIS HALLOWEEN
The Isle of Wight Council and its waste partner, Veolia, are encouraging Islanders to enjoy a more sustainable Halloween by...
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RED FUNNEL SEES SURGE IN APPLICATIONS AS ISLAND TALENT TAKES TO WORLD STAGE
The initiative helps Isle of Wight residents overcome the cost of travelling across the Solent to compete, train and perform...
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PLANS FOR 3 NEW RYDE HOMES SPARK WILDLIFE AND PARKING CONCERNS
Plans to build 3 new homes on vacant land close to Ryde town centre have divided opinion, with concerns raised...
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LABOUR SAYS 35,000 ISLAND HOUSEHOLDS WILL BENEFIT FROM LOWER ENERGY BILLS
The Isle of Wight Labour Party has welcomed a Budget that it says gives Island families and businesses breathing space,...
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PORT STORM INTO PLAY-OFF PLACES WITH VICTORY OVER COLDEN COMMON
Newport moved into the Wessex Division One promotion play-off places with a hard-earned away victory yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 31st October).
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