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Police have imposed special powers to help tackle unruly behaviour in Newport this Easter Holidays as a result of local yobs throwing rocks off roofs, climbing onto buildings and maliciously setting off fire alarms at the local cinema complex. A...

Isle of Wight business AJ Wells & Sons has been making roundels for the London Underground for more than 3 decades, but the design and manufacture work for the Elizabeth line created a new challenge for the company... AJ Wells...

A housing plan refused by the Isle of Wight Council just 10 months ago is back on the table. The hybrid application is looking, once again, to build 149 homes on the edge of Gunville. The revised plans have sought...

Major plans to breathe new life into the former Fort Victoria Pier near Yarmouth have been unveiled. Miles Blamire, acting as the applicant to the Isle of Wight Council, wants to restore the redundant pier and build a shellfish and...

Elite Garages has opened for business on South Street in Newport this week, offering a vast range of services including MOTs, tyres, servicing, brakes, clutches, exhausts, batteries, diagnostics, air con, wheel alignment and other mechanical repairs. Elite Garages has been a...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service is the first in the country to transfer to a new national communication system Frequentis LifeX is a state-of-the-art control room solution used by ambulance dispatchers to communicate with ambulance crews. The system enables...

The allocation of Isle of Wight primary school places has been announced this week with 98% of Island parents gaining a school of their choice.  Hundreds of children across the Island have been finding out which primary school they'll be...

4 years after plans were submitted for major development of the former Somerton Reservoir in Cowes, they have been recommended for approval. The plans, which have now been put forward for approval by Isle of Wight Council planning officers, would...

Despite a £26million investment in the Island's railway line with promises of a 30-minute timetable, it has been revealed that Island Line will continue running a predominantly hourly service until at least November. It was back in December last year...

Police across the Isle of Wight were joined by the mainland-based Roads Policing Unit (RPU) to discretely target criminals using the Island’s road network on Good Friday. Part of the work involved taking action against road-related crime, but the focus...