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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...

The Isle of Wight Council has announced that it is caring for 17 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children — but the majority are now living in London. This is after the government made it mandatory, under the National Transfer Scheme (NTS), for...

Daish’s Hotel on the Isle of Wight has been awarded a TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2022. The hotel, on Shanklin High Street, is part of the family-owned and operated coach holiday group Daish’s Holidays and has been acknowledged for...

A place for reflection has been added to the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Brighstone after locals helped create a new garden and outdoor mosaic.  Volunteers cleared 12ft high shrubs and brambles from graves outside the church and created a...

The lifeguard station on the seafront in Ryde will be improved in time for the busy summer season after upgrades to its base were approved. Plans were submitted by Ryde Town Council to the Isle of Wight Council earlier this...

90 unlicensed firearms no longer have the potential to fall into the hands of criminals as they have been taken off the streets of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The force supported a national firearms surrender campaign to remove...

A man who told his ex-girlfriend that he was going to 'cut her throat' and caused thousands of pounds of damage to her car, pleaded guilty at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Friday). Brian Samuel, 35, of St...

After sitting empty for well over a year, the former Prezzo building in Newport High Street has a new lease of life - say hello to Correo Lounge. The new cafe and bar opened its doors on 1st June following...

It's a double whammy this week (as we didn't publish last Friday due to the Bank Holiday) and what a bumper edition of the Readers' Gallery it is! Thanks to everyone who has shared photos over the past 2 weeks,...

Plans to change the name of Hampshire Constabulary to include the Isle of Wight have taken another step forward - and the new name could be in place by the Autumn. The Minister of State for Crime and Policing, Kit...