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Animals, flora and fauna - as well as some fantastic sunsets - all feature in this week’s Readers’ Gallery… Cirrocumulus Binstead ~ Photo credit Marion Thorpe A foggy morning Newport ~ Photo credit David Rozak Evening sky My back garden...

A new map of proposed constituencies in England will be published by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) next month, giving Islanders a final chance to have their say on proposals for 2 MPs on the Isle of Wight. From...

Following the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Ryde Town Council and the University of Portsmouth, it has been announced that a round of business support programmes are being launched that will benefit businesses and communities across the...

Legal action against the former owner of the Ocean Hotel has officially been dropped, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed. Earlier this week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided there was no case to answer in the action against Stephen...

More than 400 firefighters competed at the UKRO Festival of Rescue 2022 last week, with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service picking up several awards for their leading skills in heavy rescue, trauma care and rope rescue....

Following a national recruitment campaign, 21 candidates have stepped forward to become the Isle of Wight Council’s chief executive and top-paid officer. During the last search for a chief executive, only 2 candidates reached the interview stage and concerns were...

Parking charges at St Mary's Hospital have gone up by as much as 54% this week.  On Monday (3rd October), charges in the car park at the Island's only hospital were bumped up - for the first time in nearly...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (7th October 2022) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 14122 £100.00 530 £100.00 10734 £100.00 16224 £100.00 8881 £100.00 14923 £100.00 13420 £100.00 15241 £100.00 5996 £100.00 13638 £100.00 5929

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

Monday 26th September – Friday 30th September 2022 • Jonathan James Weaver, 38, of Sandown Road in Bembridge, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order. He was ordered to pay £60 costs and the order was varied and extended...