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A number of buildings at The Bay CE School secondary site - formally Sandown High School - are to be demolished, including South Block. Planning permission is being sought for blocks 1, 5 and 7 to be razed to the...

This World Immunisation Week (24th to 30th April) Solent NHS Trust’s School Age Immunisation (SAI) Service is encouraging parents and families of eligible pupils and students on the Isle of Wight to take up the offer of its full, annual...

Work is proposed to save the Grade II listed Newtown Old Town Hall which has suffered significant movement in the last few years. An application from the National Trust, to the Isle of Wight Council, is seeking to strengthen and...

The Isle of Wight’s mental health wellbeing organisation, Isorropia Foundation, is now open to self-referrals. People struggling with their mental health and wellbeing can now directly access help from Newport-based Isorropia Foundation without needing to be referred by a professional....

Organisers of the now-cancelled EXPERIENCE 1970 event, which was due to take place in September to commemorate 50 years since the 'Last Great' music festival, have decided they will refund ticket holders after all. It was announced last week that...

Damaged fencing at Smallbrook Image: Dean Rayner Fans of Salisbury club Laverstock & Ford damaged perimeter fencing, let off flares and knocked an elderly steward to the ground during yesterday’s (Saturday’s) play-off final against Newport IW FC at Smallbrook. Around...

The company behind a popular Island pub are proposing showers and a water taxi office on the banks of the River Medina. As part of major refurbishment plans down Folly Lane,  Greene King is seeking planning permission for the facilities...

23-year-old Thomas Phillips has been banned from driving after a Police motorcyclist smelt a strong waft of cannabis coming from his car. It was on 23rd January this year that Phillips was driving along St George's Way in Newport when...

As the world’s best professional cyclists prepare to tackle the Tour of Britain this Autumn, ferry company Wightlink is highlighting the delights and challenges of the race’s final stage around and across the Isle of Wight. Experienced local cyclists have...

A number of youths branded 'feral yobs' by a local businessman and former town mayor have been blamed for causing significant damage to public toilets in Shanklin. The toilet block at Hope Road on the Esplanade was trashed yesterday evening...