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Teachers will gather in St Thomas' Square in Newport later today (Thursday) as they walk out for the 2nd time in the continuing row over pay and funding. Those on strike - that's those who are members of the National...

Monday 20th February – Friday 24th February 2023 • Jamie Matlock, 41, of Langbridge, Newchurch pleaded guilty to 20 counts of theft from a shop. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also made subject...

Knife crime is nothing new: on 1st March 1862, William Wadden, from Winford – who was described as 'a miserable old man’ – stabbed 29-year-old James White to death in a quarrel over a girl. The fight between the 2...

A bed and breakfast in Sandown could be turned into a youth facility, helping teenage care leavers become independent. The Lyndhurst Guest House, on Royal Crescent, has been running since 1999 but was put up for sale in the past...

St John’s Road in Wroxall will be fully re-opened by the end of today (Wednesday), the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed. Temporary traffic lights have been in operation since November last year when a landslip sent tonnes of debris...

Parkdean Resorts, the UK’s largest holiday park operator, has announced a major new partnership with youth charity, The Prince’s Trust. The agreement marks The Prince’s Trust’s first-ever charitable partnership with a holiday park operator, and the 2 parties will work...

A new Special School for those with special educational needs and disabilities will be built on the Isle of Wight, the Government has confirmed this afternoon (Wednesday). A multimillion-pound bid to the Department for Education for a new free school...

Isle of Wight-based manufacturing business Datum Electronics has been nominated for a national award within the maritime sector. Maritime UK have nominated Datum Electronics in the Clean Maritime Enabler category alongside Signol Limited and Port of Cromarty Firth. The award...

Over 80 health care professionals, volunteers and family carers recently gathered at a panel event that discussed the future of dementia care on the Island and sought to raise awareness of the devastating disease. Hosted by Lady Grylls and Joe...

A Torquay man has appeared in court accused of raping a child in Ryde when he was just 10 years old himself. 28-year-old David Holder, of Warren Road in Torquay, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday)...