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Motorists are being advised of temporary obstructions on a busy road between Wootton and Newport this morning (Wednesday) to allow Police to conduct a crash reconstruction. Specialist officers from the mainland-based Collision Investigation Unit are conducting further examinations of Whiterails...

Motorists face even more travel disruption in Ryde this month as Great Preston Road - the main diversion route for Smallbrook Lane - is to be closed for 12 days. Island Roads is undertaking works in the area to repair...

High Street Chemist, Boots, is to begin a trial to use drones to quickly deliver medicines to the Isle of Wight, it's been confirmed. The pharmacy chain, which has stores in Newport, Ryde, Shanklin, Bembridge, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor and Cowes,...

KFC, Little Dessert Shop, Eastern Eye and the Co-Operative have all joined the Deliveroo service, which has just launched in Sandown. Those living in the Sandown area can now order food from a range of restaurants and grocery retailers in...

A 40-year-old woman from Lake has been ordered to pay just over £140 in compensation after destroying a door, several windows and garden items in a bizarre fit of rage in Shanklin. Emma Stafford, of Medeway, pleaded guilty to a...

A Totland Bay care home has been put into special measures after inspectors found dirty bathrooms and bedrooms, unhappy staff and unsafe residents. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Seven Gables Residential Care Home as ‘inadequate’, dropping from ‘good’...

St John Ambulance volunteers on the Isle of Wight are once again giving free demonstrations of life-saving skills as part of the annual Restart a Heart campaign in October. Led by the Resuscitation Council UK, the partners in Restart a...

The Isle of Wight Council has welcomed the announcement that Southampton is still on track to be crowned the UK's City of Culture in 2025 after making the last 8 cities in the contest. A record 20 areas put bids...

The licence for what is being dubbed the Solent’s first luxury floating restaurant has been granted after a single objection called the application before the Isle of Wight Council. Approved last week, by the licensing sub-committee, councillors considered concerns about...

Greenfield housing plans have officially been submitted in Seaview by the prestigious Eton College. Intention to build houses on the site by the world-famous college has been known for some time, but now plans for 9 2 to 4-bed houses...