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The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (HIWFRS) is urging residents to ensure they install adequate working smoke alarms as the number of house fires attended this year by the service has already exceeded 400. HIWFRS has...

One of the few large events scheduled to take place in 2021 - Chale Show - has been cancelled as a result of Boris Johnson pushing back the easing of COVID restrictions to 19th July. Organisers of the popular annual...

The number of Islanders facing a year-long wait for surgery at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust is coming down but a health boss has warned progress could soon plateau and waiting lists could start to grow again. As a...

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (18th June 2021) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 9515 £100.00 14052 £100.00 11927 £100.00 12439 £100.00 5716 £100.00 1351 £100.00 4734 £100.00 11241 £100.00 724 £100.00 16971 £100.00 14578

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Application No: 20/01182/FUL...

National supermarket chain, ALDI, is said to be looking for new locations for stores on the Isle of Wight. The UK's fifth biggest supermarket has opened around 4 new stores per month on average around the UK to meet the...

More than £1.7million of council tax was not paid during the COVID-19 pandemic on the Isle of Wight — adding to a combined deficit across councils in England of more than half a billion pounds. Figures from the Ministry of...

Motorists can now check online whether they will need to pay to drive in the government-imposed Portsmouth Clean Air Zone (CAZ), with the launch of an online vehicle checker. On 17th June 2021, to coincide with national Clean Air Day,...

New statistics from the Home Office show that firefighters on the Isle of Wight are, on average, being called to 19 lift rescues every single year. Over the past decade, between January 2011 and December 2020, a total of 190...

A burst water main in East Cowes has prompted Island Roads to make changes to the existing traffic management system this morning (Thursday). Due to emergency Southern Water works to repair a damaged main in Clarence Road, there will be...