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Winning numbers for 22nd January 2014 07 — 16 — 28 — 29 Incredibly, it is a rollover once again so next weeks Jackpot continues to rise and is a whopping £3800! Lifeboat Lotto has been set up by a...

100 UK fish and chip shops, including Corries Cabin in Cowes, exceeded all expectations by smashing the fundraising target of £10,000 for the Fishermen’s Mission. The shops, hailing from all corners of the UK, all came good and raised £10,273...

Westminster-based communications agency Whitehouse Consultancy, which is run by Isle of Wight Councillor Chris Whitehouse (Conservative, Newport West), has been reappointed by the National Obesity Forum to manage National Obesity Awareness Week 2015. The announcement follows the successful inaugural awareness...

The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for fog overnight and into tomorrow morning (Tuesday). Patchy fog will form in places throughout this evening, perhaps becoming more widespread overnight and into Tuesday morning with visibility falling below 200 metres....

The region's Police force have received a funding boost from the Home Office, it has been announced. Hampshire Constabulary have been given some £1.1million of extra funding following a successful bid for to support five separate initiatives, including equipping Isle of...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward with information after a number of power tools were stolen from a shed in Freshwater. Three outbuildings on Edinburgh Road in the village were broken into between 19:00 on Thursday and 08:00 yesterday (Friday)....

An initiative to encourage a sense of wellbeing, increase physical movement, speech and brain activity in people who are normally not active in hospital has been introduced at St. Mary’s Hospital through patients having direct contact with dogs. The simple...

UPDATED: Isle of Wight Councillors have been in Parliament to meet Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis MP this week. The meeting, held yesterday and organised by the Island’s MP Andrew Turner, gave the Council, including representatives from all elected groups...

Businesses in the marine, maritime and advanced manufacturing sectors, including those in composite engineering, are being invited to bid for funding after a new grant was made available. The Isle of Wight Expansion Fund is a £2.46m grant fund that...

The Koan at the front entrance of St Mary’s Hospital in Newport, an iconic piece of artwork which was designed and built back in 1997, could turn once again thanks to a charitable approach by a local firm. Although no...