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Interior designer and television personality Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was seen visiting Ventnor Botanic Garden this week as he filmed for an upcoming episode of Outrageous Homes. The 57-year-old, most famous for Channel 4 and BBC show Changing Rooms, headed to the...

HMS Queen Elizabeth is today (Tuesday) marking her 5th anniversary of arriving in Portsmouth. The flagship, the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy, made her debut on the Solent 5 years ago and was formally...

A break-in at The Castle Inn in Newport, which saw cash and alcohol stolen from the High Street pub, has been featured on the BBC programme 'Caught Red Handed'. Situated at the top of the town, the popular Newport pub...

Strictly Come Dancing host, Tess Daly made a visit to the Isle of Wight over the weekend as she made the most of the final days of the heatwave with her daughters. The model and TV presenter, who has co-hosted...

3 elderly Isle of Wight residents, all in their 80s, have been targeted by courier fraudsters. As a result, Hampshire Police are urging residents on the Isle of Wight to remain vigilant following a number of recent reports of courier...

Traffic disruption for those heading in and out of Ryde is set to continue until the end of this week at the earliest as Southern Water contractors continue the repair works to a blocked sewer. The traffic chaos comes as...

"Please plan your journeys this summer and make sure a day in the sun doesn't turn into a night in a cell, or worse" - that is the message as Hampshire Constabulary's Roads Policing Unit as the Force launches its...

The petrol station at the Asda supermarket in Newport has done away with cash payments with all transactions now pay at the pump only. As of the 13th of August (Saturday) the supermarket chain - owned by EG Group -...

On Friday, drought was declared in the Solent area and 7 other areas up and down the country. But what exactly does that mean for people and businesses here on the Isle of Wight? The declarations were made after those...

A 33-year-old Totland man who is accused of crashing into another car in Whitwell, before then driving off from the scene, has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. As first reported by Island Echo, a black...