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The failure to fully re-open wedding venues on 21st June would cost the economy over £650million every 2 weeks, according to the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). While other businesses in the hospitality and entertainment sector have been able...

Staff have been retrained, compensation paid and a family apologised to after the Isle of Wight Council admitted injustice to a boy with visual impairments and other medical conditions. A recent ruling by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman...

Planners have recommended the go-ahead for a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) in Carisbrooke — despite residents’ objections and a petition. Two Saints, a provider of the Isle of Wight Council’s homeless pathway, is seeking permission to change the Castle...

Southern Water has today launched a public consultation on how it would keep the taps running for one of life’s essentials during a drought. The company has published its draft Drought Plan, which sets out how it plans to promote...

A new toilet block at Post Office Lane in Newport has been seriously vandalised, forcing the closure of the public convenience. Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council say they have had to close the toilets until further notice as a result of...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed new measures that will better protect mobile home residents from rogue caravan park owners. Under the new measures, councils will be given greater powers to tackle bad practice and exploitation of residents,...

Those heading to the Island's northern coast this weekend may well catch a glimpse of the iconic Red Arrows, who are set to fly across the Isle of Wight in formation on their way to Bournemouth. A sight that is...

Our readers have been out and about with their phones and cameras this week making the most of the Summer sunshine discovering some of the best sights on the Island... and some newfound friends too! The great escape! Alverstone ~...

Local car enthusiast and pub landlord, Rich Fox, has revealed the latest incarnation of his Ford Focus RS ahead of this weekend's Isle of Wight Takeover. The 'Monster' features in a new video produced by Fuelled Media which highlights the...

A widespread search to locate Matthew was launched late at night on the 26th May. A man whose body was recovered from the sea off Yarmouth did not die under suspicious circumstances, an inquest into his death heard. Yarmouth RNLI...