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19-year-old Harry Mortram has appeared in court after breaking into The Castle Inn pub earlier this year and stealing around £150 cash from the staff tip jar, as well as bottles of alcohol. Mortram, of George Street in Ryde, appeared...

Dr Rumi Chhapia, a former director of Portsmouth Primary Care Alliance who for a time worked on the Isle of Wight, has been jailed for 3 years and 4 months at Portsmouth Crown Court today (Friday) after he defrauded the alliance...

Lighter mornings, darker evenings but with some fantastic sunshine during the day this week, although things are starting to become wintery... Autumn colours Parkhurst Forest ~ Photo credit Jane Grewcock Sunrise Horsebridge hill ~ Photo credit Louise casley Fungi in...

An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been declared across Great Britain, meaning all bird keepers - including pet birds, commercial flocks or just a few birds in a backyard flock - are required by law to take a range...

Restoration of a Ryde landmark is drawing closer with a planning application imminent, but the biggest obstacle facing the project to save Appley Tower is the repair costs. Ryde Town Council and Natural Enterprise want to bring Appley Tower back...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has publicly praised the efforts of Isle of Wight NHS Trust boss Maggie Oldham in taking the Trust out of special measures following its inspection this summer. Addressing Ministers in the House of Commons he...

A special ‘field of remembrance’ will once again be opened to the public at Carisbrooke Castle this month (November) to commemorate those in the uniformed services who lost their lives in service of their country. The field was introduced in...

Pop-up businesses could soon make use of Isle of Wight Council-owned sites across the Island from Easter 2022. Details of pilot plans of how council-owned sites could be brought into temporary use by small ‘pop up’ business or commercial users...

22-year-old Marcus Burgin has been given a 3-month driving ban after being found in charge of a motor vehicle whilst drunk. Police were on a routine patrol in the area of Seaclose Park, Newport on 16th October when they came...

A rolling programme of work to upgrade the traffic lights at Coppins Bridge in Newport is to begin next week, bringing significant disruption to motorists until March, but work will cease completely for a period of 5 weeks around Christmas....