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Life-saving charity Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance responded to 1,814 missions throughout the last 12 months including 124 here on the Isle of Wight. The doctors, paramedics, pilots and dispatch assistants that make up the charity’s critical care...

Adverse weather conditions are continuing to hamper cross-Solent travel with Hovertravel services suspended once again this morning (Friday). Hovertravel has confirmed that it’s Ryde to Southsea service has been brought to a halt due to the strong winds. An update...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s Health-based Place of Safety (HBPoS) suite at Sevencacres has recently been redesigned and refurbished to ensure patients are provided with a safe and secure assessment environment. This suite is used when the police service...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

Indie rock band Wet Leg, who come from the Isle of Wight, have been nominated for 4 BRIT awards. In the news, that was announced today (Thursday) they were nominated in the following categories; Group of the Year, Best New...

18-year-old Cameron Younie from Ryde has been handed a 12-month driving ban after admitting to driving with cannabis in his system. Younie, of Westfield Park, appeared for sentencing at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday, after previously pleading...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary have revealed that 96 speeding motorists were caught on the Island's roads in December. RPU teams across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Thames Valley were also heavily committed with Operation Holly throughout...

The future of 1-hour-free parking in Newport remains undecided. The parking pilot was introduced in May last year and allows shoppers to park in Lugley Street, Sea Street and Chapel Street car parks in the town centre for an hour...

A public meeting is to be held in Freshwater next week to discuss an escalation in criminal and nuisance behaviour by youths in the West Wight, which is said to be affecting local residents and businesses. According to locals, a...

A picket line will be established outside St Mary's Hospital next week in support of fair pay for nursing staff on the Isle of Wight. Nurses from Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, who deliver drug and alcohol support on the Isle...