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The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officers are encouraging poultry keepers to take action now to reduce the risk of avian flu over the winter. Over the last year, 26 outbreaks were confirmed in kept poultry and captive birds and in over...

Firefighters have teamed up with police and ambulance colleagues to say ‘stay safe’ this fireworks season. With Bonfire Night just around the corner, many people will be looking forward to celebrating the return of organised events following cancellations in 2020...

Smallbrook Lane in Ryde is to be closed in both directions from today (Monday) to enable the first stage of utility work as part of the Smallbrook Roundabout safety improvements. Motorists will have to divert via Green Lane to Brading...

Wightlink is embarking on a major maintenance and renewal programme at its Portsmouth Harbour Fastcat terminal, costing more than £1million. Work begins today (Monday) and there will be changes to how customers board the FastCats for several months, although the...

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...