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A Carisbrooke care home, closed by the Care Quality Commission, has finally been sold and a plan is in to turn it into houses. Fairview House, on Clatterford Road, was shut down by the health watchdog 4 years ago, using...

As the COP26 summit gets underway in Glasgow, locally the Isle of Wight Council is highlighting that it is already well underway to meet its own aims of a carbon-neutral Island by 2040. The Council says it has recently adopted...

Wightlink has confirmed a number of cancellations on its Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service tomorrow (Sunday) due to staff absence.  It's said that an essential member of staff is unavailable which means a total of 6 crossings cannot run. The 07:30, 09:45 and...

Low carbon energy firm SSE is leading the charge on EVs, as it reveals the business is ahead of schedule in switching to a fully electric fleet. As a principal partner to world climate summit COP26, and one of the...

The new Isle of Wight Council has been questioned on its commitment to tackling poverty, amid calls to help the most deprived wards. According to the government’s index of multiple deprivations 2019, 3 areas on the Isle of Wight were...

A new series of the UKTV Gold comedy The Cockfields, which is filmed and based on the Isle of Wight, will hit our screens next month. It has been announced that the hit comedy, starring Joe Wilkinson, Sue Johnston, Susannah...

Here is this week's much-anticipated Readers' Gallery! The clocks go back this weekend so those evenings are really drawing in - but it means the mornings will be lighter, making those sunrise trips that little more bearable. Early morning Ventnor...

The Isle of Wight Council has been slammed for installing an electric charging point in a residential area of East Cowes, taking away parking spaces, where there is already a ‘struggle’ to find one. In a letter to Adelaide Grove...

Visit Isle of Wight will remain the official tourism authority for the Isle of Wight for the next 5 years after winning a recent ballot with a majority of just 5.9%. The results of the ballot, released today (Friday) by...

All aboard! After almost 10 months Island Line services are set to resume with the first passenger train confirmed for Monday morning (1st November). South Western Railway says that the first Class 484 passenger service will depart Ryde St John's...