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Cowes Enterprise College has been ranked by the Government as the top-performing school on the Isle of Wight for the progress made by its students. In national league tables released by the Department for Education, Cowes Enterprise College’s confirmed Progress...

Parkhurst prison - part of HMP Isle of Wight - has been rated as being the worst in the country for visitor access, unsurprising given the Island location. Stuart Miller Solicitors has gathered data from the most recent report by HM...

A vision for Ryde aimed at improving the town and making it a top resort and place to live was presented at a packed public meeting on Monday night. In a 100 page manifesto, called a Place Plan, environmental consultant...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of action for a short period tomorrow (Thursday) and against on Friday to enable 'essential tests' to be undertaken. The Isle of Wight Council says that the East Cowes to West Cowes service...

Half term is always a busy time for the Isle of Wight Zoo but from this weekend (15th February) an expanded family of meerkats is guaranteed to put the ‘mob’ into proceedings and new meerkat encounter experiences are set to...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for information after £1,000 worth of tools were stolen during a burglary in Shorwell earlier this week. Sometime overnight on Monday (10th February) items including a Festool SDS cordless drill, a Dewalt...

Headteachers, teachers and school governors from 6 Isle of Wight Primary schools met at Lanesend Primary School in Cowes on Monday to undergo global learning training delivered by Sarah Wise, a global learning trainer from Deed in Dorset. The primary...

Schools on the Isle of Wight are set to benefit from a multi-million-pound cash injection from government. In total, the Department for Education (DfE) has increased the amount of money for Island education by around £4.8 million — the biggest...

Latest figures from the NHS reveal that St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight saw a staggering 80% rise in the number of alcohol-related admissions between 2012/13 and 2018/19. The NHS has this week revealed that in 2018, almost...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has asked a Home Office Minister for details of the number of additional police officers Hampshire Constabulary can expect to receive during this parliament. The question was asked off the back of the commitment...