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80 years ago, Islanders greeted Christmas Day 1945 with gratitude, relief and a heartfelt sense of returning normality.

Thieves staged a real-life Grinch-style raid on Newport Football Club on Christmas Eve 1995, stealing its safe and thousands of pounds. As festive lights twinkled across the Isle of Wight, criminals were at work at St George’s Park. Under the...

An estimated 13million Christmas cards and parcels have made their way to the Isle of Wight thanks to Wightlink’s ongoing partnership with Royal Mail.

Island residents are being asked for their views on whether the use of disposable barbecues and the release of sky lanterns and balloons should be restricted on council-owned land.

Plans to open a new doggy day care centre in Ventnor have been approved by the Isle of Wight Council, paving the way for a new pet care business in the town.

Isle of Wight planners have been urged to “do the right thing” and reject a 127-home development facing a flood of objections.

Parents and carers on the Isle of Wight are being encouraged to take simple steps to help keep their families well this winter, as coughs, colds and flu continue to circulate.

33-year-old Islander Joe Silvester swapped the Isle of Wight for the beaches of Spain to take part in the first series of First Dates Beach Club.

Ventnor's Belgrave Road - which had been closed for some 8-months after a major rockfall earlier this year - has officially reopened.

Derek Hunt, a well-known Isle of Wight businessman, country music lover and vintage vehicle enthusiast, has sadly died at the age of 86.