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As the country comes out of the COVID pandemic, The Advocacy People is supporting the Island community to improve NHS services and ensure better healthcare. The Advocacy People is a charity that can support you to make a complaint about...

Snap Fitness IOW has been shortlisted in the UK’s biggest fitness awards and is in the running for a prestigious national award. The club has been shortlisted in the 'Newcomer of the Year Award' at the National Fitness Awards, which...

49-year-old David Morris-Perry has been given a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and placed on the sex offenders register for 7 years for sexual assault against a woman who he groped in a takeaway in Ryde. As previously...

A Remembrance Day foul up led to bad blood in the West Wight over wreath-laying duties. The issue led to one senior councillor to consider resigning, saying he felt embarrassed by the confusion. Each year, the 3 parish and town...

The Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Lora Peacey-Wilcox, is taking a short break from her duties to recharge her batteries, it has been announced. Councillor Peacey-Wilcox was taken unwell at last night's (Wednesday's) Full Council meeting. A spokesperson...

A popular restaurant in Sandown, which opened 6-and-a-half years ago following the complete renovation of an early 1900s bandstand, has gone on the market. The Bandstand at Culver Parade, owned by Paul and Donna Rowling, is a sought after location...

Another delay has hit the roll-out of full-scale operations at the Forest Road waste recovery park on the outskirts of Newport. It is now expected to start more than 2 years later than first proposed. Due to ‘unforeseen technical issues’,...

Healthwatch Isle of Wight, the independent champion for health and social care, is reaching out to the local community to hear from people directly about their experiences of accessing primary care. The organisation would particularly like to hear about people’s...

46-year-old Richard Sullivan has been ordered to pay Asda £340 in compensation after stealing 10 bottles of Honey Jack Daniels from the Newport supermarket. Sullivan, of Brickfield Close in Newport, appeared before Magistrates on Tuesday charged with theft from a...

A Controversial Freshwater housing application has been approved despite being branded a ‘crime against the environment' by objectors. The major development of Birch Close, which will see 44 properties built on a greenfield land, was approved by the Isle of...