A St Helens man who was caught drug driving by Police outside the Ryde's Tesco supermarket will learn his fate next month. Ricky Chester, 48, of Carpenters Road, admitted drug driving when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

A paperwork blunder has delayed a court case at the heart of the ongoing closure of Bath Road in Ventnor - a delay that adds to nearly 18 months of mounting community tension. The case relates to a collapsed retaining...

Ryde man Jean-Pierre Labelle has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his part in a multi-million-pound drug smuggling operation, just 3 years after being imprisoned for people smuggling. 100kg of cocaine – worth an estimated £8-10million – was...

Monday 31st March – Friday 4th April 2024 • Liam Findlay, 35, of Carisbrooke Road, Newport pleaded guilty to theft from a shop. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs, £32 surcharge and £24 compensation. • Reece...

Ventnor paedophile Nicholas Phipps, who was caught in possession of more than 8,000 indecent images of children, has been handed a 20-month prison sentence. Phipps, 69, of Trinity Road, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court back in February...

The court case against the owner of Ryde's Hazelgrove Farm, brought about following a cryptosporidium outbreak, was heard for the first time in Southampton this week. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has brought the prosecution against Sharon Wheeler following...

A Ryde man is due to be sentenced after pleading guilty to multiple driving offences, including failing to stop at the scene of a crash that left his passenger with a significant head injury. Alfie Russell, 20, of George Street,...

A Shanklin man who crashed his motorbike into a stationary car at Binstead - and was later found to be under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash - has been banned from the roads for 29...

A 58-year-old woman from the Isle of Wight, who nearly flipped her Honda whilst more than 4x the drink drive limit, has been handed a suspended prison sentence.  Amanda Stables, of Brook Road in Chessell, previously admitted drink driving at...

Callum Steele, a drug driver from Shanklin who was caught on his phone whilst behind the wheel, has been banned from the roads for 2 years. 30-year-old Steele, of Victoria Avenue, admitted drug driving (THC) and using a mobile phone...