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The election period continues today (Saturday) with the counting of the town, parish, and community council votes from across the Island. Later today, vote counting will start (at around 15:30) for the smaller local authorities after Islanders went to the...

A man who was found unconscious and unresponsive on a boat by Police in East Cowes died from drug use, an inquest has heard. 52-year-old IT assistant, David Puxley, was pronounced dead after officers attended a boat on which he...

Clare Critchison, who secured 240 more votes than Dave Stewart The Conservatives have lost their majority control of the Isle of Wight Council following this year's local elections, with a number of new faces heading for County Hall - including...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Road Safety team have arrived on the Isle of Wight as part of a 2-day operation to tackle unsafe use of the Island's roads by motorists flouting the law. Mainland officers are working with the Island's...

The first week of May has come and gone, and plenty more fantastic scenes have been caught in this week's Reader's Gallery. Binstead Beach ~ Photo credit Katie Molloy Beautiful bluebells Firestone Copse ~ Photo credit Helen Watson Appuldurcombe House...

An 86-year-old Isle of Wight man, who is accused of sexually touching a teenage boy, has been bailed to appear before the Crown Court next month. Arthur Geoffrey Page, of Queens Road in Cowes, has been charged with engaging in...

A rise in people awaiting trial or sentencing on the Isle of Wight has been blamed on a backlog of court cases brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Data released by the Ministry of Justice also shows that there were...

Dredging work has begun in Newport harbour as part of a £370,000 project to improve facilities and increase the depth of the channel used by boats to navigate the River Medina. The Poole-based Jenkins Marine vessel, Doreen Dorward, entered the...

A Shanklin man previously convicted of assaulting Police has appeared in court charged with using violence to secure entry to his ex-girlfriend's property. Robert Church, 32, of Steephill Road in Shanklin appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on...

Shanklin has been marked as a hotspot location on the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of infestations of Japanese knotweed in the area, according to an online tracker. Environet's interactive map shows the town had 82 infestations...