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An Isle of Wight business is 1 of the first companies to track its renewable electricity use from supplier Good Energy in ‘real-time.’  Sustainable e-commerce platform and clothing manufacturer Teemill, based in Freshwater, can now track exactly where its electricity...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is celebrating being awarded Veteran Aware accreditation. The Trust has joined others across the country in being accredited by the Veterans Covenant Hospital Alliance (VCHA) to lead the way in improving NHS care for veterans...

Southern Vectis passengers will be able to travel anywhere on the Island for £2 or less for the first 3 months of 2023, it has been confirmed. Bus users locally will benefit from a special scheme allowing them to travel...

Cowes Enterprise College was pleased to welcome the representatives from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation to showcase the academy’s careers curriculum. Colleagues from Gatsby, a charitable foundation that created careers benchmarks as a framework to guide careers programmes within schools, were...

This week, there will be further changes across the St Mary’s Hospital site as works to build the hospital's new emergency care floor get underway. Work on the emergency floor will see the co-locating of the existing emergency department, urgent...

Residents across the Isle of Wight are being encouraged to help look after their waste and recycling collection crew through the winter months.  The request comes following the Isle of Wight Council's recent road safety campaign. Natasha Dix, the council’s...

Lord William Beauchamp Nevill In the 4th of our series on Parkhurst prisoners, we examine the curious tale of the aristocratic swindler and author of Penal Servitude, William Beauchamp Nevill. William Beauchamp Nevill - the 4th son of the Marquess...

Every family that has a child at Oakfield CE Primary School in Ryde received a £50 supermarket gift card earlier this week.  The school on Appley Lane, applied for a grant that was issued as part of the Household Support...

A-Class destroyer HMS Acheron struck a mine 10 miles off St Catherine’s Point with the loss of 196 crewmen and dockyard workers on 17th December 1940. HMS Acheron was named after a river in Hades in Greek mythology. She was...

A rural thatched cottage on the Island has sold for £240,000 at the latest Clive Emson property auction. Stone Cottage in Kingston Road, Kingston, sold for £10,000 above the guide price and was among 139 lots listed across southern England...