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A 92-year-old Islander was wrongly told she was dying of organ failure after an Isle of Wight GP misdiagnosed her via video link, a national report has found. The former NHS nurse, who has dementia and lives in a care...

21-year-old Ryan Hopewell has been jailed for 71 weeks for the abuse he inflicted on 2 women between 2020 and 2022, with the most recent incident occurring on 5th May this year. Hopewell, of Sun Hill in Cowes, appeared at...

4 Non-Executive Directors have been appointed to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board in preparation for the organisation’s formal establishment on 1st July. Julie Pearce, Martin Spencer, John Denham and Dr Mojgan Sani have been appointed following...

A 25-year-old Cowes man who threatened a taxi driver with a 6-inch kitchen knife after refusing to pay his fare has been handed a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work. Billy Haylor, of Newport Road in Cowes,...

A new 2-year action plan to support people affected by homelessness and rough sleeping is due to go before senior Isle of Wight Councillors. The Isle of Wight Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan sets out how the Isle of...

The Isle of Wight Council is planning to make a bid for a project worth around £14million as part of the Government's next round of Levelling Up funding. In the first round, the Council secured £5.8million to help rejuvenate East...

A man who was 8 times over the drug-driving limit was so unfit to drive a member of the public called the Police over his parking.  Joshua Winson, 21, of Salisbury Road, Ryde pleaded guilty to 1 count of drug...

Parking charges could be reintroduced at one of the Island’s last free car parks – Maresfield Road in East Cowes. This is despite a petition from 75 local business employees and 8 other objections. The Isle of Wight Council says...

The announcement of a mainland surgery hub that aims to cut some surgery waiting times for Isle of Wight patients has been met with mixed reactions. If approved by NHS England, it would be built in Winchester, for Hampshire and...

The popular food and travel show Best of Britain By The Sea will feature businesses from all over the Isle of Wight in an hour-long show on Monday (13th June) at 21:00. Filmed in February, the programme features some Isle...