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The Home Office has spent just over £55,000 on 67 new tasers for police officers working across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. As part of a £10million government investment in policing, £6.5million of the centrally funded money for vital...

A senior manager, who oversaw the Island's Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract, has resigned from his position and will leave at the end of March — when the financial year and the Core Investment Period finishes. In a meeting of...

Events involving large numbers of people could be banned by the Government if the coronavirus situation in the UK worsens, it has been confirmed today (Sunday). Health Secretary Matt Hancock has not ruled out following in Switzerland's footsteps by putting...

Mr & Mrs Lewis The arrival of the brand new 2020 number plate has been so widely anticipated that when Esplanade approached several customers to see if they would like to be the first on the Island to be driving...

A developer has submitted plans for up to 25 homes on the grounds of a former convent in East Cowes. Vail Williams LLP, on behalf of Sisters for Christ, is submitting an outline plan for houses on Millfield Avenue, East...

The Isle of Wight Council made more than £100,000 from fining parents and carers whose children had unauthorised absences last year. Despite the number of truancy penalty notices (TPN) issued on the Island dropping, more people have failed to pay...

Islanders using the O2, Tesco or GiffGaff mobile phone networks are experiencing signal issues on the Isle of Wight today (Saturday). Don't be alarmed if you are finding it hard to send or receive calls and texts. It appears that the...

‘Dilapidated’ toilets built in the 1950s, with urinals that have running water all hours of the day and expensive water bills, are set to be demolished and replaced with new, purpose-built conveniences. Plans to knock down the Gate Lane public...

Local councillors have slammed the Conservative government for not providing the Island Deal promised — estimated to bring an extra £6.4million a year to the Isle of Wight. During the council’s budget meeting on Wednesday night, Cllr Stuart Hutchinson, cabinet...

Latest figures from IW Met Service have revealed that there has been a total of 112 rainy days on the Isle of Wight in the past 151. Many locals have been commenting on social media about how grey, wet and...