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Residents of Sandown are likely to face a rise in town council tax — for only the 2nd time in 4 years. It follows a consultation with residents to see what their priorities were and how the town council could...

A 2-day operation which saw mainland officers descend on the Island to support the newly-formed Isle of Wight Roads Policing unit resulted in 2 arrests and 89 tickets being handed out. On Wednesday and Thursday this week, Hampshire & Isle...

Safety on the streets of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has been revealed as young people’s top concern at the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Youth Conference Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, welcomed her Youth Commission’s recommendations on how...

Fears for the stability of cliffs could put a stop to plans to extend a private tunnel under the Cliff Path in Lake. The private 8-metre tunnel currently connects 2 Cliff Path with its own private viewing platform nestled into...

Following a successful inaugural event, The Island Car Centre Sandown Sprint will be returning to Culver Parade over the weekend of Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March 2023, it has been announced. The closed-road motor racing event - the first...

The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging people who are shopping this Black Friday to recycle all their waste packaging correctly. Black Friday was originally the annual US-only shopping date that coincided with Thanksgiving celebrations. It has now ballooned into...

A lady visiting the Isle of Wight from Lincoln has praised Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance for saving her life after she fell from a seawall in Bembridge, fracturing her skull and spine. It was back in May...

Liberal Democrat Nick Stuart secured a landslide victory in the Brighstone, Calbourne and Shalfleet by-election yesterday (Thursday), taking a seat on the Isle of Wight Council away from the Conservatives. Top of the by-election poll last night (Thursday), Nick gained...

A Cowes man who drove home drunk, despite living just a short distance away, has been handed an 18-month driving ban at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.  Ross Mabey, 33, of Woodvale Road in Cowes, pleaded guilty to drink...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (25th November 2022) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 12092 £100.00 16961 £100.00 6227 £100.00 5334 £100.00 17401 £100.00 8573 £100.00 1262 £100.00 9931 £100.00 17130 £100.00 5929 £100.00 10119