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A pair of shoes belonging to missing Ryde woman Joanna Orpin have been found at the bottom of Culver Cliff, however Police are continuing their search for the 42-year-old today (Friday). A fourth day of searches are underway at Culver...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight's Admiral Nursing Team have helped a total of 281 people with dementia, 290 carers and multiple family members in their first year of providing vital support to local residents. With a high number of older people...
Read moreDetailsIslanders are being invited to have their say on Southern Water’s future plans and what they should be focusing on, where they should be innovating and how they could do more to protect and support the environment. Everyone knows that...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have stood down from a mobilisation to Luccombe Manor Hotel in Shanklin following reports of smoke issuing from an electrical cupboard. 3 appliances from Shanklin, Ryde and Newport were sent to...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight Council’s new recycling and waste treatment park has moved a step closer following the granting of a variation of permit for the site. The application to the Environment Agency to vary the environmental permit already held...
Read moreDetails40 new replacement parking machines are being installed by Island Roads. The new meters have been fitted at sites across the Island as part of a programme to renew around 130 parking machines for which Island Roads is responsible. Ending...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have attended The Star Inn in Wroxall this afternoon (Thursday) following reports of a carbon dioxide gas leak. Crews from Shanklin and Ryde - plus the Rescue Tender from Newport - were...
Read moreDetailsPolice are investigating a bin fire that is thought to have been maliciously started in a communal area of a block of flats in Cowes overnight. Firefighters from Newport and East Cowes were called to Admiral Gardens at around 07:15...
Read moreDetails2 neighbouring councillors in Ryde have gone flipping mad this week, raising money for the Isle of Wight Foodbank in the process. In 2017, Ryde East Councillor Michael Lilley established an annual pancake flipping contest to raise awareness about poverty...
Read moreDetailsThe identity of a man's body that washed ashore at Chilton Chine near Brighstone at the tail end of last year has been confirmed as Michael Ferchuck from Devon. Authorities were alerted to the discovery of a body on the...
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