AMELIA RAISES OVER £4,000 FOR CHILDRENS CHARITY
A 16-year-old teenager with a rare and life-limiting condition has completed a 10-mile walking challenge and raised an impressive sum for a children's charity. Islander Amelia and her family took on the impressive challenge to walk along the Red Squirrel...
Read moreDetails11 ISLAND BEACHES AFFECTED BY SEWER OVERFLOW RELEASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
11 locations on the Island have been affected by the release of wastewater from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO's) in the past 24 hours, according to Southern Water. The CSO locations, scattered across the Island's coast, act to prevent the flooding...
Read moreDetailsMAN FOUND DEAD ON BOAT IN EAST COWES DIED AFTER DRUG USE
A man who was found unconscious and unresponsive on a boat by Police in East Cowes died from drug use, an inquest has heard. 52-year-old IT assistant, David Puxley, was pronounced dead after officers attended a boat on which he...
Read moreDetailsBROADBAND OUTAGES AFFECTING RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Residents in areas of the East Wight are being affected by broadband outages this evening (Friday). Some internet service subscribers living in areas of Ryde, Seaview, Bembridge and Shanklin have experienced either partial or complete interruption to their connection. Most...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE FOCUS ON ROAD SAFETY AS TRAFFIC LEVELS INCREASE AFTER LOCKDOWN
Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Road Safety team have arrived on the Isle of Wight as part of a 2-day operation to tackle unsafe use of the Island's roads by motorists flouting the law. Mainland officers are working with the Island's...
Read moreDetailsREADERS’ GALLERY: 7TH MAY 2021
The first week of May has come and gone, and plenty more fantastic scenes have been caught in this week's Reader's Gallery. Binstead Beach ~ Photo credit Katie Molloy Beautiful bluebells Firestone Copse ~ Photo credit Helen Watson Appuldurcombe House...
Read moreDetailsCOURT BACKLOG RESPONSIBLE FOR FALLING PRISONER NUMBERS AT ISLAND JAIL
A rise in people awaiting trial or sentencing on the Isle of Wight has been blamed on a backlog of court cases brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Data released by the Ministry of Justice also shows that there were...
Read moreDetailsDREDGING WORKS BEGIN IN NEWPORT AS PART OF £370,000 PROJECT
Dredging work has begun in Newport harbour as part of a £370,000 project to improve facilities and increase the depth of the channel used by boats to navigate the River Medina. The Poole-based Jenkins Marine vessel, Doreen Dorward, entered the...
Read moreDetailsSHANKLIN MARKED AS MOST AFFECTED BY JAPANESE KNOTWEED INFESTATIONS
Shanklin has been marked as a hotspot location on the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of infestations of Japanese knotweed in the area, according to an online tracker. Environet's interactive map shows the town had 82 infestations...
Read moreDetailsSKEW BRIDGE REMOVED AS PART OF PFI RENOVATION PROGRAMME
A well-used footbridge allowing pedestrians to cross the railway line between Shanklin and Sandown has been removed in an extensive operation overnight as part of the process to refurbish it. The path which runs parallel to the Skew road bridge...
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