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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...

Lena and her mother, Kamila. The mother of a 4-year-old girl says she is 'devastated' by the nastiness her daughter has faced from others due to her lifelong skin condition. Kamila Formela is the mother of Lena, a young Isle...

A proposed Freshwater development has been reduced after objectors feared the ‘destructive’ effect it could have on their quiet cul-de-sac. Revised plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council by Tallulah Estates, cutting the units outlined for Birch...

Housing junior doctors, nurses and paramedics on the Island has become such a problem health services have started to be affected, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust board heard. Key medical staff were said not to be taking jobs or...

A 43-year-old man from Ryde who was punched unconscious after he made inappropriate comments to a young mum later went on to cause a disturbance and damage at St Mary's Hospital, a court has heard. Maurice Reginald Hammond, 43, of...

Police have launched an investigation after a car was broken into in Cowes overnight. The incident occurred on Arctic Road sometime between last night (Monday) and this morning. A wallet was stolen from inside the vehicle. Local neighbourhoods officers have...