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Go Taxi, the popular ride-hailing app on the Isle of Wight, has announced that it has launched a new category on its app through which customers can now book an electric vehicle for their journeys over the festive period. The...

The Wight Shipyard Co has been formally presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade by Mrs Susie Sheldon JP, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight. The award is in particular recognition of the company's outstanding...

The Isle of Wight Council's team of COVID support officers are out and about offering testing kits to residents and encouraging them to test themselves at least twice a week. Visiting supermarkets and town centres, the aim is to increase...

An application for a new quarry to supply essential construction materials to the local building trade, which will also safeguard scores of Island jobs, is being prepared for submission to Isle of Wight Council planners. The application by Wight Building...

Bed blocking and a drop in standards at the Isle of Wight’s only hospital has been seen as a result of the Island’s care crisis. Pressure has continued to mount for St Mary’s Hospital and its staff since June, with...

Darkness is coming as a fresh bid is set to be launched to unlock an accredited International Dark Skies Park (IDSP) on the Isle of Wight. Ahead of an application to the International Dark Skies Association (IDA), the Isle of...

Crowds once again gathered at memorials across the Isle of Wight this morning to mark Remembrance Sunday, paying tribute to those who paid the ultimate price and all those who have fought for Queen and country. Islanders stood side by...

A terrifying band of trolls has arrived in schools and libraries across the Isle of Wight with the aim of teaching children how to spot and defeat dangers online. Children at Oakfield Primary School in Ryde came face to face...

Islanders may have to inform the Isle of Wight Council that they wish to set off fireworks — if a local councillor’s campaign gets approved. Following the festivities of bonfire night and the firework displays across the Island, Councillor Daryll...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. Monday 1st November – Friday 5th November 2021 • Lorraine Mildred Daniels, 61, of The Broadway in Totland pleaded guilty...