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Monday 17th October – Friday 21st October 2022 • Harvey Lawrence Biggington, 29, of Monkton Street in Ryde, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order. The order was varied to include an additional 10 hours of unpaid work. He...

A pensioner who waved a knife at his neighbour outside her home in Cowes has pleaded guilty to 2 offences at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this week. Kenneth Berry, 72, of Weston Road in Cowes, pleaded guilty to...

Following a successful trial, the Isle of Wight is now looking to recruit more clinicians to a new role that gives patients better access to health services in their local GP practice. For the past year, Physician Associates have been...

Residents are resisting plans for 2 houses to be built in a rural Isle of Wight village as they claim irreplaceable wetlands would be impacted. Mainland company Domusea Developments have put forward plans for just 2 houses — 1x 3-bed...

A rogue swan caused delays to those using Ryde Pier last night (Wednesday). Commuters and those looking to travel during the half-term were just some of those held up by the bird as it wandered proudly along the walkway. The...

The main road through Havenstreet has been closed in both directions this afternoon (Thursday) to enable Southern Water to carry out emergency repairs. Water has been running down Main Road near the White Hart pub for several days, with the...

Residents of towns and villages on the south of the Isle of Wight have until tomorrow (28th October) to comment about road restrictions in their area. New traffic regulation orders (TROs) are proposed to be introduced in Chale, Niton, Ventnor,...

Farmers see diversification providing a larger part of their incomes, but are currently holding back on investment, research from NFU Mutual has revealed. The leading rural insurer’s annual diversification survey reveals that 37% of UK farmers plan to increase diversification...

The Vectis Party have announced Stephen Parkes as their candidate for the Brighstone, Calbourne and Shalfleet ward, previously held by Steve Hastings. Hastings vacated his seat earlier this month, with the former Conservative leader at the Isle of Wight Council...

Islanders are being thanked for supporting a recent #TacklingTextilesTogether campaign.  The Isle of Wight Council, in partnership with our waste service provider, launched the scheme on 30th August. Over the last month (September), a terrific 1.34 tonnes of textiles have...