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A one-way system on part of Ventnor Esplanade will remain in place for around another 12 months, it has been confirmed. It was in March 2021 that part of the Esplanade was closed for investigation works to a retaining wall...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (4th February 2022) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 1936 £100.00 16308 £100.00 13258 £100.00 15164 £100.00 11510 £100.00 14909 £100.00 12636 £100.00 8872 £100.00 10066 £100.00 11545 £100.00 14616

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 the...

A Shanklin man who made vile comments to a female bus driver and then went on to ask 2 young girls if they wanted a 'rough, hard f**k', before hissing at them, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. George...

“I struggle to understand how it can be justified for those officers who carry out their duties on the Isle of Wight to not be trained to the same high standard as their colleagues in the rest of Hampshire" -...

More than £40million has been earmarked to be spent on new capital projects by the Isle of Wight Council in the next year. The projects, which range from major investment in affordable housing to pump-prime funding for a new cultural...

A worker branded ‘Half-Dead Dave’ by ‘cruel’ bosses at Clarke's Mechanical on the Isle of Wight has won £25,000 in an age discrimination claim. David Robson, now 71, worked for Clarke’s Mechanical Limited as a plumber and gas fitter for...

The Isle of Wight is above the national average for measles mumps, rubella inoculation (MMR), but the public health chief still believes we can do better. Between July and September 2021, 90.7% of the Island’s 2-year-olds had had their first...

Further race details have been revealed by organisers of this year's Tour of Britain, which will conclude here on the Isle of Wight on Sunday 11th September 2022. 18 of the world’s best cycle teams are expected to take part...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely The Isle of Wight has been identified as an ‘Education Investment Area’ by the Government, it has been announced this week, but The Green Party's Vix Lowthion has said she is ‘frankly alarmed’ by...