FIREFIGHTERS TACKLE KITCHEN BLAZE AT ALVERSTONE HOME
1st August 2026
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For tourism businesses across the South East the wait is over - the finalists in the 2019/20 Beautiful South Awards have been chosen, with a number of Isle of Wight businesses shortlisted and commended. This year saw a near-record number...
Read moreDetailsBurger King have submitted a planning application to the local Council to install signage for their first Isle of Wight fast food outlet. The opening of the most anticipated takeaway on the Island seems to be getting closer, although an...
Read moreDetailsA Toyota has left the road and crashed into heras fencing surrounding a building site in Sandown this evening (Monday). The incident has occurred on Culver Parade near the junction with Fort Street - the site of the former Wight...
Read moreDetailsCANCELLED: Sandown will host its annual November Celebrations this coming Saturday (2nd November) - the final event of the 130th anniversary year of Sandown Carnival. The evening gets underway on Sandown Esplanade from 16:00 with family fun and entertainment, music...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a fire at a residential property in Niton this afternoon (Monday). 2 appliances from Ventnor and Newport are on scene at Rectory Road, close to the village shop, having been...
Read moreDetailsRyde Royals claimed the win of the week in Division 1 of the Isle of Wight Table Tennis League with a 9-1 victory over the siblings of Newport Vics B. Despite the result there were some excellent close games. Ricky...
Read moreDetailsRobin Emsworth presents excellence awards to Colin and Helen Wilkinson The annual meeting of the RNLI's Isle of Wight Lifeboat Board heard how over 1,300 children benefitted from this year's Swim Safe scheme, staged on the beach and in the...
Read moreDetailsJess Howe, one of the Trant Engineering participants in action More than £5,000 has been raised for a spinal injuries charity by 6 hardy swimmers from Trant Engineering in Hampshire. Having come last in the company’s annual staff quiz last...
Read moreDetailsThe British Red Cross will cease to offer its first aid services at events and festivals across the UK at the end of March 2020, it has been announced. Charity bosses have said that providing such services costs the Red...
Read moreDetailsBrightbulb Design, the Island's leading, multi-award winning creative and design studio, has today (Monday) announced a further major expansion to the business with the opening of a new dedicated London office in Dalston, Hackney. The new office is a strategic...
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