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Supermarket vouchers, winter clothing and funding for utility bills are among the support now being offered to vulnerable families through the government’s COVID Winter Grant Scheme (CWGS), with the Isle of Wight Council receiving over £450,000 to support local residents....

Policing will receive up to £15.8billion to build back safer streets and cut crime, the Government has announced. The 2021/22 funding package will include over £400million to recruit 20,000 extra officers by 2023, building on the success of the first...

The Coastguard's Winter Coastal Safety Campaign, in partnership with the RNLI, is a reminder to us all that the coast and sea can be incredibly dangerous places – from rough winter seas to changing tides and unstable and eroding clifftop edges....

23-year-old Tyler Booth is back behind bars after receiving an 18-week prison sentence for driving whilst disqualified and failing to stop at the scene of a collision. Booth, from Shanklin, pleaded guilty to a number of charges when he appeared...

ADA Mezze restaurant in Carisbrooke could be turned into a residential flat in the future. Permission is being sought by the owner of the restaurant, on Carisbrooke High Street, to convert the property into a 2-bedroom flat. There are already...

Waiting times for A&E and the Urgent Treatment Centre at St Mary's Hospital in Newport are now being displayed outside to encourage people to think twice about attending each department. Having the current wait times on public display enables people...

2 properties and a plot of land with sea views on the Island have been sold in an online auction. They were among 132 lots across southern England listed with regional land and property auctioneers Clive Emson. Freehold, a 3-storey...

As new tier restrictions come in force across the county, Hampshire Constabulary's Assistant Chief Constable has issued a message from the force. Hampshire will now see Tier 1, 2 and 3 areas which means people should make sure they are...

29-year-old Bradley Kyle Sparshot has been sentenced for breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order and shoplifting. Sparshot was handed the CBO on 14th October this year at Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court. The CBO prohibited him from causing a nuisance or...

87-year-old Ian Kerley, one of the first people on the Isle of Wight to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, is encouraging others to also have the vaccination following his positive experience earlier this week. Ian, from Carisbrooke, was invited along to...