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A variety of creative fundraising ideas have helped staff at Matalan’s Newport store raise a massive £7,600 for Earl Mountbatten Hospice. Events including a 150-mile in-store run, children’s drawing competition, a onesie day for staff, and a guess-the-number-of-hearts-in-the-jar competition have...

A sponsored trek across Hadrian’s Wall has received a cash boost from an unlikely namesake. F W Winter and Sons garage in Havenstreet has donated £250 to the Way Forward Programme for a challenge that will see Krissy Lloyd, Anna...

OneCloud has announced the expansion of its EtherReach business connectivity service to the Isle of Wight. The service will give thousands of Island businesses access to affordable high-speed connectivity that can be installed in as little as five days. Following...

Another Island primary school requires improvement according to school inspectors Ofsted. Following a visit to Brading CE Primary School last month, Ofsted have judged that improvement is needed in the quality of teaching, the school's leadership and management and the...

The Island’s MP Andrew Turner is reminding Islanders that senior officials from Atos Healthcare and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be speaking about Personal Independence Payments (PIP) at a public meeting at the Riverside Centre in Newport...

Further maintenance work is being undertaken on the Cowes to East Cowes floating bridge this week resulting in the suspension of the service. Vital work that can only be undertaken in a dry dock needs to be completed following an...

The Isle of Wight Council Trading Standards service is warning Island businesses against responding to a mail shot that could lead to an annual bill of almost £800 over a period of at least three years. Companies should ignore a...

An egg-citing environmental initiative is set to launch at Sainsbury's in Newport this Easter. The retailer has cracked a brand new and innovative scheme to recycle Easter egg packaging for the first time, which will give customers the chance to...

Staff and customers at the Folly Inn in Whippingham are facing chilly heads as they bravely face having their hair shaved off for charity today (Good Friday). In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, members of the pub team will be...

From today (Wednesday) parents across the Isle of Wight will find out if their children have secured a place at one of their chosen primary schools for the next academic year starting in September. This year over 97% of parents...