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Essential maintenance work is to be carried out on Cowes Floating Bridge next week in advance of what is expected to be a busy Cowes Week and summer holidays in general. During the work, which is scheduled to take place...

Monday 12th July – Friday 16th July 2021 • Andrew Mark Barnes, 46, of Sandcove Rise in Seaview pleaded guilty to criminal damage to the value of £100. He was made subject to a community order with a drug rehabilitation requirement....

ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women stars Josie Gibson and Jeff Brazier are hoping to find their beach paradise on the Isle of Wight tomorrow (Thursday) and again on Friday. As the Island basks in the summer sun, ITV’s cameras...

If you're lucky enough to not know what a weever fish is, then it probably means you've also had the good fortune to not get stung by one whilst swimming at one of the Island's many beaches - but just...

Conditional approval has been recommended for a scheme to build 473 homes in Ryde, despite a petition, 570 objections and human rights concerns. Set to be discussed at the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee next week, the development of...

Citizens Advice Isle of Wight is launching its biggest ever survey to help determine how its service will adapt for the future. The COVID pandemic forced Citizens Advice Isle of Wight to rely on its telephone service for providing advice....

High Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent is concluding a 2-day visit to the Isle of Wight. Yesterday (Tuesday) Prince Michael travelled to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in Havenstreet, where he met volunteers. HRH previously visited the popular...

21-year-old Ben Haxell from Lake has been jailed for 3 years for dealing Class A and Class B drugs on the Isle of Wight, including heroin, MDMA, ketamine, cocaine and cannabis. Police were led to the front door of Haxell's...

A 30-year-old man from Portsmouth is to appear in court charged with endangering the Red Funnel ferry 'Red Osprey', with his actions likely to have caused death or serious injury. Sean Michael Gower, of Harwich Road in the Paulsgrove area...

A change of title for County Hall employees could see them referred to as 'staff' rather than 'officers'. The reason behind the change, the new ruling Alliance group says, is in the interest of public understanding of the difference between...