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Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is looking to learn from a report that found a culture of 'institutional racism' in another brigade.  The county’s fire service is studying the Independent Culture Report of the London Fire...

A lack of funding from the Government means that YMCA will be closing its Winchester House nursery in Shanklin next month, it has been announced. It has been determined that the nursery is financially unsustainable and, as a result, it...

Retrospective planning permission is being sought to allow the former smuggling museum at Ventnor Botanic Gardens to be used as a 1-bedroom holiday let. It was nearly 2 years ago that the former museum on the edge of the garden's...

For the 3rd year in a row and in stark contrast to other towns across the Island, Shanklin residents will pay less towards their town council bill. Shanklin Town Council (STC) has been able to reduce its precept, meaning a Band...

Teachers will gather in St Thomas' Square in Newport later today (Thursday) as they walk out for the 2nd time in the continuing row over pay and funding. Those on strike - that's those who are members of the National...

Monday 20th February – Friday 24th February 2023 • Jamie Matlock, 41, of Langbridge, Newchurch pleaded guilty to 20 counts of theft from a shop. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also made subject...

Knife crime is nothing new: on 1st March 1862, William Wadden, from Winford – who was described as 'a miserable old man’ – stabbed 29-year-old James White to death in a quarrel over a girl. The fight between the 2...

A bed and breakfast in Sandown could be turned into a youth facility, helping teenage care leavers become independent. The Lyndhurst Guest House, on Royal Crescent, has been running since 1999 but was put up for sale in the past...

St John’s Road in Wroxall will be fully re-opened by the end of today (Wednesday), the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed. Temporary traffic lights have been in operation since November last year when a landslip sent tonnes of debris...

Parkdean Resorts, the UK’s largest holiday park operator, has announced a major new partnership with youth charity, The Prince’s Trust. The agreement marks The Prince’s Trust’s first-ever charitable partnership with a holiday park operator, and the 2 parties will work...