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A Sandown hotel has vowed to improve and make changes after a 1-star food hygiene rating saw a drop in business. As first reported by Island Echo, Hotel Maria, on Culver Parade, was inspected by Isle of Wight Council environmental...

Successes in boosting sustainability and biodiversity have led to the £26million Island Line upgrade by South Western Railway receiving a top environmental rating. World-leading sustainability assessment and rating scheme, CEEQUAL, awarded the project a ‘Good’ rating, demonstrating that sustainable development...

Over 10 years after it was built, work to connect the ‘road to nowhere' in East Cowes has started — but there is no idea when it might fully open. Saunders Way, which diverts past the Hawthorn Meadows estate, was...

Youths are suspected of starting a small riverbank fire in East Cowes this evening (Friday). 1 appliance from East Cowes was mobilised to Saunders Way at 20:15 following reports of a fire in the open. Retained firefighters arrived on the...

A 37-year-old who was involved in a crash on a narrow stretch of road in Newport was found to have drugs in his system at the time of the collision, Magistrates heard this week. Jamie Williams, of Manor Crescent in...

Lots of blue and orange hues feature in this week's Readers' Gallery, with many different views and photographers popping up... Needles Old Battery Needles Old Battery ~ Photo credit Wendy Miller Coastal Path Whitecliff Bay ~ Photo credit Lucy Thorn...

With a recent 'upsurge' in COVID cases on the Isle of Wight, confusion has emerged over who is eligible for booster vaccinations. A ‘spring booster’ programme was announced at the end of March and was set to run until the...

A former care home in Sandown, which is regularly subject to arson attacks and vandalism, was struck again in the early hours of this morning (Friday). It is believed that someone broke into the premises - currently ongoing renovation -...

The current store on Pier Street in Ventnor From Ventnor to the Isle of Wight Pearl — an Island beauty salon is to be on the move to pastures new as business continues to grow. Fabulash - currently based on...

A recommendation to submit a detailed bid of £1.73million for the Government’s ‘Shared Prosperity’ funds will go in front of councillors later this month. Cabinet members will discuss the Council's Investment Plan bid to the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund,...