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Vulnerable Islanders are being reassured that the safety net of support will stay in place when shielding is stopped from Wednesday (31st March). Support put in place by the Isle of Wight Council at the start of the first lockdown...

Over 60% of Isle of Wight homes will need to be upgraded to secure an EPC C rating of C or above by 2035 if the UK is to be on track to meet net zero. The scale of the...

An Isle of Wight garage has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay a further £10,000 in costs after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when he fell into a vehicle inspection pit over 2 years ago. Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard...

Police on the Isle of Wight have been undertaking specialist training on how to pursue drivers who fail to stop for officers. A number of response and patrol teams set off from Godshill earlier this morning (Tuesday) in pursuit of...

Residents of Pan will be unable to gain access to their homes via Furrlongs, as closures are put in place to accommodate works for the St George's Way improvement scheme. It's part of the latest phase of the 6-month-long works...

Cowes Enterprise College student Cameron Palin became the youngest councillor in the country in November when he was co-opted onto East Cowes Town Council for the Green Party, now he is standing for the party in the Local Elections. Cameron’s...

Residents have slammed a major residential development in a quiet Freshwater cul-de-sac. Plans have been submitted for 38 houses and 12 flats — 18 of those marked for affordable housing — in an extension to Birch Close in Freshwater. The...

Isle of Wight Pride, which was due to take place in July, has been cancelled for the second year running, Trustees have announced. Those behind the annual event say they have been following the developments with the coronavirus pandemic and,...

The number of inmates at HMP Isle of Wight who have contracted coronavirus has been released as part of new data from the Home Office. The data publicised by the Prison Reform Trust, covering the time between March 2020 and...

Islanders aged over 70 who are in poor health could be banned from driving at night and have trackers fitted to their vehicles under new proposals being considered by the Driving & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Other restrictions being considered under...