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Wightlink is operating a revised timetable on their Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service over the next 3 days. The change in advertised sailings is to allow essential maintenance work to be completed on board one of the Wight-class ferries that operate...

Seaview residents are in uproar after a much-loved, 150-year-old oak tree was cut down on the orders of one of the world’s best-known private schools. The oak tree stood on land next to the public footpath which overlooks Seagrove Bay...

Lidl is recalling its Simply Mature White Cheddar due to the potential presence of pieces of plastic in the product, which makes this unsafe to eat. If you have brought this product, with best before date of 26/12/2020, you are...

The number of drug-related deaths across the Isle of Wight has increased by 88% in the past 5 years, new research shows. Drug-related deaths in England and Wales have reached the highest number since records began back in 1993. Detailed...

The Isle of Wight Council is seeking feedback on a proposal for changing the way that top-up funding — which provides support for children with Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP) — is paid to mainstream schools. An 8-week consultation...

Southern Water's Unflushables team visited the Isle of Wight last week to help prevent blockages of wet wipes, fat, oil, grease and other nasties that shouldn't be put down sinks and loos. Adhering to social distancing rules, the team knocked...

NOT SO ‘Grand Designs’ after all — N New plans have been submitted for the Quarrhurst development in Binstead, which show that the property will be less grand than previously suggested. Plans were approved for the site, on Quarr Road,...

So-called 'Nottingham Knockers' are said to be operating on the Isle of Wight at present, leading to Trading Standards issuing a warning. The Council department says they have received a worrying number of reports that groups of men, who are...

Sandown’s Broadway Centre, Los Altos Park and The Heights are being used as the backdrop for the filming of a forthcoming TV adaptation of Nicholas Blake’s The Beast Must Die. The BritBox series will be shown over 5 episodes at...

A number of high-profile organisations have expressed support for the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership's (LEP) new networking programme for business leaders from small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), another LEP initiative developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit...