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'A fixed link wouldn’t solve everything, but it would end the absurdity of an entire community being cut off because a ferry’s alarm panel misbehaved.'

Cowes Enterprise College has announced the appointment of Paul Slaughter as its new Executive Principal.

The first late night Red Jet charter is scheduled for 23rd May...

Formal proceedings have begun into the death of an elderly Newport woman who was found in a pond at her home earlier this year.

In the last of our in-depth series on the main battlegrounds for the 2026 Isle of Wight Council elections, on the eve of polling day, we turn to Carisbrooke & Gunville.

"Vote for the person you feel will act in the best interests of your ward, regardless of whom they represent".

An independent partnership which earlier this year unveiled a vision to invest £19.5 million of public money in Ryde has again drawn criticism over the future of Ryde Theatre (Ryde Town Hall).

A narrow result last time out – and a change in party representation since – has set up Cowes North as one of the Island’s most competitive urban battlegrounds.

Plans for a ‘much-needed’ dog-walking facility on agricultural land in the Isle of Wight National Landscape (IWNL) have been refused.

A dramatic by-election result and shifting loyalties have turned Central Rural into one of the Island’s most unpredictable contests.