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Popular fine-dining restaurant Thompson's in Newport is to reopen early next year after being closed for nearly 3 years.  The restaurant, based on Town Lane in the County Town, shut its doors back in March 2020 when the first COVID-19...

Cowes GPs would not be able to cope and patient safety would be at risk if 163 homes were approved for a site on the outskirts of the town - that’s the message from Cowes Medical Centre to the Isle...

UKSA has announced it has partnered with Red Funnel in offering its Level 3 Workboat Crew Member Apprenticeship Programme as part of its maritime career pathways. The 2-year programme offered by the Isle of Wight-based charity, which provides life-enhancing water-based...

11.6million Winter Fuel payments and Pensioner Cost of Living payments – support worth a total of £4.6billion – have already been made to pensioners across the UK this winter, the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed on Tuesday, including around...

Mobile phone provider Three looks set to roll out 5G to another Isle of Wight town. Approval is being sought by Reading-based CK Hutchison Networks to install a 20m high 5G mast in East Cowes. The equipment would be installed...

Details of which pharmacies will be open during the forthcoming festive period have been confirmed, with 4 Isle of Wight pharmacies open on Christmas Day itself. Revised opening hours are in operation across Christmas Day, Boxing Day and the bank...

More than 1,200 homes could be built on brownfield land on the Isle of Wight, according to the Isle of Wight Council’s 2022 Brownfield Land Register (BFLR). The BFLR is something planning authorities must produce each year, containing the most up-to-date...

The owners of the dilapidated Norris Castle in East Cowes are revising plans following concerns from the community. The move comes after they shared frustrations about a lack of engagement from East Cowes Town Council, which they say is ongoing....

A Sandown woman who continued contact with a child, despite being issued with a child abduction warning notice, has been handed an 18-month community order. Ruby Owen, 26, of Fitzroy Street, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on...

Planning permission is being sought to transform the former East Dene educational activity centre and wedding venue in Bonchurch into a boutique 5-star hotel, boasting spa facilities and 16 eco holiday lodges. East Dene closed its doors back in 2020...