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Hampshire Constabulary has recently been carrying out policing activities in support of Op Sceptre, the national week of action to challenge and reduce knife crime, with a number of arrests made. During the week of action, which ran from Monday...

A smaller gallery this week, perhaps because of the change in weather we have experienced lately. Don't forget to send in your photos to [email protected] before Thursday morning. Young Red Squirrel Ryde ~ Photo credit Anna Onderkova Sunrise Newport ~...

Rachel Kitley, Principal of Cowes Enterprise College, has been confirmed as a member of the Government’s pioneering UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce. Chaired by Captain Dr Paul Little - Principal and Chief Executive of City of Glasgow College - the Taskforce...

Shanklin Voluntary Youth and Community Centre and UKSA are to benefit from a cash injection as the Government begins to deliver on its £380million Youth Investment Fund.  The fund has been designed to create, improve and expand local youth facilities...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has launched a new 'Careers for Young People Programme' this week, in association with HTP Apprenticeship College. The programme is providing young people aged 16-24, leaving school or currently not working, with an exciting...

More than 80 people came together to celebrate the launch of a new strategy that will help thousands of people across the Island living with dementia. The Isle of Wight Dementia Strategy was unveiled last Friday (20th May) at a...

Work to install new post and rail fencing on The Causeway at Freshwater is to begin next month. The project by Island Roads will take approximately 3 weeks and will mean the current pedestrian safety restraints on either side of...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (27th May 2022) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 14846 £100.00 1940 £100.00 1007 £100.00 1767 £100.00 16 £100.00 14748 £100.00 15061 £100.00 16499 £100.00 4604 £100.00 1826 £100.00 14508

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...

A smuggler who planned to offload £160million of cocaine off the Isle of Wight has been jailed for 18 years. 33-year-old Andrew Cole was the onboard organiser of the plot to bring 2 metric tonnes of drugs from the Caribbean...