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Shanklin-based technology company Innovative Physics has added another coveted business award to its list of recent honours. The company, based in Landguard Manor, has been announced the winner of the Business & Product Innovation Award category at the South East...

More than 340 Island businesses severely impacted by the recent month-long lockdown have been awarded £940,000 in discretionary grants by the Isle of Wight Council. The Island was the first area in the Solent region to get the Additional Restrictions...

Local contact tracers are now in action on the Isle of Wight — after an initial delay when it was thought there was less need for them. Confirmed by the Isle of Wight Council, local contact tracers have now been...

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (11th December 2020) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 10448 £100.00 10120 £100.00 2373 £100.00 13359 £100.00 6741 £100.00 9899 £100.00 4852 £100.00 5089 £100.00 12939 £100.00 37 £100.00 15866

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Application No: 20/01256/FUL...

Asda will not be opening its Newport store on Boxing Day this year, it has been announced. In a throwback to days gone by when stores would remain closed for an extended period of Christmas, bosses have confirmed the move...

Affordable homes will be built on the Isle of Wight once again after unanimous approval was given to a scheme in Branstone. The Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee on Tuesday gave permission for 42 affordable houses at the former...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is calling on residents across the Isle of Wight to sign up to its Priority Services Register (PSR) to receive extra support this winter. The network operator has teamed up with SMILE to help reach...

The driver of a Skoda Octavia has had their vehicle seized after Police caught it being driven without tax this morning (Thursday). Officers from the Joint Operations Unit stopped the vehicle at B&Q car park when it flagged up that...

A new initiative to help families and individuals who are facing hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic is being launched by the Isle of Wight Council. The second phase of ‘connect4communities’ will be a community-based programme driven by the Isle...