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A siren-like emergency warning message will be sent by the Government to mobile phone users across the Isle of Wight next month to test a new public alert system. The 10-second long pop-up - which is due to be sent...

Local accounting business Simplex has been announced as a finalist in the 2023 Business Champion Awards. Back in 2020, Lucy Johnson was made redundant from her full-time job working in finance as a result of the pandemic. Within 8 months,...

UKSA has announced it is a finalist in the 2023 School Travel Awards which recognise inspiring people and the best companies, venues and attractions which provide school trips. Voted for by readers of School Travel Organiser, which helps teachers and...

A popular entertainment venue on the Island has gone under the auctioneer’s hammer for £181,000 in a bidding war. Home to live music operator Strings, freehold units 9 and 9B Brickwood House, Orchard Street, Newport, went for £21,000 above the...

Nigel Watson Unsung hero Nigel Watson from Sandown will be heading out with humanitarian supplies for war-torn Ukraine next month. Nigel has already completed 2 self-funded trips to Ukraine, taking much-needed donated aid to a hospital, animal shelters and villages....

A local jewellery store has reunited a stolen ring with its owners after it was sold to them last week. The ring had been stolen from its owners and sold to Capital Jewellers in Newport. Rob Capital - the owner...

A Bristol man has admitted to crashing his car during the early hours of the morning whilst more than 3 times the drink drive limit. Carmine D'Angelo, 32, of Effingham Road, Bristol pleaded guilty to drink driving when he appeared...

Steve Holbrook, ChiefExecutive, Isle of Wight Chamber ofCommerce. The nominations have been announced for the 2023 IW Chamber Business Awards, sponsored by WightFibre. More than 40 Island businesses have been shortlisted in 15 categories and the winners will be presented...

A residential road in Cowes has been closed following the emergence of a sinkhole this afternoon (Friday). Island Roads has closed South Road whilst they - and Southern Water - investigate the extent of a void that has appeared in...

Priory School in Whippingham has just received a clean bill of health from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). In February of this year, ISI inspectors arrived on the school’s doorstep to conduct a 2-day long Regulatory Compliance Inspection. They looked...