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Following last night's decision by the Isle of Wight Council Planning Committee to approve planning permission for the Island's first ASDA store, the supermarket have this morning (Thursday) confirmed to Island Echo that the store's doors will open by early...

VIDEO: Two pumping appliances from Ryde Fire Station have this evening (Wednesday) been called to a supermarket in Ryde following reports of a burning smell. Firefighters were alerted to a burning smell coming from the ceiling of The Co-Operative Store...

The much-anticipated ASDA supermarket development set for the outskirts of Newport has been given the green light by the Isle of Wight Council's Planning Committee this evening (Wednesday), confirming ASDA will be coming to the Isle of Wight. Up to...

UPDATED: Police are this evening (Wednesday) investigating an assault on a teenage boy in Oakfield in which a baseball bat was used, according to witnesses. Eye witnesses have described the shocking moment a woman got out of a car and...

Firefighters up and down the country, including here on the Isle of Wight, will strike on 10th July between 10:00 and 19:00 in the continuing row over pensions with the Government. Members of the Fire Brigades Union will walk out...

Schools and their pupils are set to be disrupted by nationwide strict action by teachers next week, with two schools already confirming that they will be closed. The National Executive of the National Union of Teachers has decided that members will...

Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have this evening (Tuesday) responded to reports of a property fire in Carisbrooke. Firefighters from Newport Fire Station were called to the scene on Wellington Road in Carisbrooke shortly before...

Police searching for missing Victoria Bailey are issuing a new appeal for information after a possible sighting of the 53-year-old woman yesterday (Monday). Detectives received a report of a woman similar to Victoria walking along New Barn Road towards York Avenue in East...

Joe Ellis, an Isle of Wight teenager that has been at the center of an Island-wide fundraising effort for treatment against a rare form of cancer, has died aged just 13. Nearly £60,000 has been raised in just a few...

UPDATED: Fire crews are this morning (Monday) attending to a property in Bembridge following reports of sparks coming from the main power supply. Firefighters from Bembridge, Ryde and Newport have been called to the scene on Land End Road in the...