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The Isle of Wight Care Partnership, a trade body representing local care providers, has formally rejected the Isle of Wight Council's offer of fee increases for the financial year 2023/2024. In a response letter to the Council's letter dated February...

Drivers are being urged to think about the dangers of driving too fast for the road conditions in a new THINK! campaign, which launches nationwide today (Monday). The campaign, entitled 'Is pushing it worth it?', is targeted at young male...

Despite the cold weather we've seen this week and the chilly weather forecasted for parts of next week, we are very unlikely see any snow on the Island according to local weather forecaster IW Met Service. In what has already...

For 130 years a pier graced Ventnor seafront, but 2 were swept away, 1 was dismantled during the war and the last caught fire. The 1st Ventnor Pier was erected in 1863, followed by the 2nd Ventnor Pier in 1872,...

Wow, what a bumper edition of Readers' Gallery this week! We are seeing the signs of Spring, but brace for another cold snap over the coming week... Beautiful red Near sandown ~ Photo credit Lisa B Isle from the sky...

The Lord Louis Library in Newport is set to undergo essential works between March and July, resulting in a temporary closure. Work is scheduled to start on Monday 20th March and is expected to be fully completed by the end...

Elm Farm land map A 350-acre block of arable land near Shalfleet has been put on the market with an asking price of just under £3million. Some of the land on offer is suitable for growing vegetables. Natural capital 'offsetting'...

Taxing second homeowners on the Isle of Wight double could make the Island’s cash-strapped council more than £6 million a year, turning the wealthy into cash cows for the public purse. It comes as the Government looks to introduce powers...

The Isle of Wight Distillery has announced the launch of a new spirit in the Mermaid range, Spiced Rum, marrying Caribbean rums from Trinidad and the Dominican Republic with local fruits and spices from the Isle of Wight. Mermaid Spiced...

CLA South East is urging dog owners to understand their responsibilities and the law to help prevent livestock being badly injured and killed during the lambing season. Lambing season is a busy time of year for farmers, and livestock worrying...