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Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has launched a new funding initiative to fight crime in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight.  The first round of the Commissioner’s 'Emerging Needs Fund' is focused on combatting Rural Crime. Hampshire and...

55-year-old Dean Dalley from Bembridge has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being convicted of a shocking attack in which he stabbed a woman multiple times, keeping her inside his flat for days on end. Dalley, formerly of Crossway, was...

Wootton-based antique business Doreshill Farm Emporium will be showcased on BBC's Antiques Road Trip next week. Located on Briddlesford Road on the outskirts of the village, the emporium is the Island's largest and original vintage and antiques emporium and will...

Following the repossession of the main complex at the Gurnard Pines site on 30th January 2023, the building is to change its name to 'The Phoenix Centre' and 2 new companies have been launched focusing on entertainment and leisure activities...

Lord Downes On 17th February 1851, Lord and Lady Downes were heading across the Solent on a steamer when they saw their Isle of Wight summer residence ‒ Binstead Lodge ‒ on fire. Ryde fire brigade were called to the...

The Roads Policing Unit (RPU) here on the Island has had a successful day patrolling the roads across the Isle of Wight. Earlier today, at around 13:45 a white Ford Kuga was stopped on St George's Way when officers discovered...

A new fitness scheme has been launched by the Isle of Wight Council's 1Leisure service, to welcome new clients who are looking to get fit for life with a price for life. You can now sign-up for a Gold One...

Cross-Solent travel operator Red Funnel has announced that its vehicle ferries will both arrive and depart from a different port in Southampton across 10 days in March. This temporary change in operation is necessary to enable essential maintenance of shore...

Isle of Wight councillor Daryll Pitcher has taken the stand to defend himself against allegations of historic child sex abuse. Councillor Pitcher is charged with 2 counts of rape between June 1990 and March 1992 and 1 of indecent assault...

7 new double decker buses will be introduced to the Route 1 bus service later this year, it has been announced. Southern Vectis is injecting £1.7million into the bus services it provides on the Isle of Wight with the operator...