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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...

Cycling Minister Chris Heaton-Harris Every child in England - including here on the Isle of Wight - will be offered cycle training, expanding on the government’s existing Bikeability training programme. The news has been confirmed by Cycling Minister Chris Heaton-Harris...

3 men arrested on suspicion of drugs offences following a pursuit and search in Wroxall last week, which resulted in a Police car being hit, have been released without charge. As first reported by Island Echo, the National Police Air Service helicopter...

McDonalds is set to open a drive-thru restaurant on St George's Way in Newport, it has been confirmed. The fast food giant has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to install signage relating to the development...

Smart Island Live, the Island’s environmental and sustainability Expo for the business community, will be returning to East Cowes in May. Last year’s inaugural event was a major success with 212 registered delegates from 146 different businesses, coming from the...

Islanders affected by cancer will still have somewhere to go for help and transport to take them to their mainland hospital appointments after communities joined forces to save Wessex Cancer Trust. Wessex Cancer Trust, a self-funded charity which provides emotional...

2 people in Newport are celebrating after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode. The neighbours netted the windfall when PO30 3EW was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Friday (7th January 2020). People’s...

Thousands more Islanders will be encouraged to cycle and walk to work thanks to a £450,000 government investment. The Department for Transport (DfT) Sustainable Transport Access Fund will support existing council and partnership projects over the next year to boost...

In view of the severity of the weather forecast for Sunday, the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary has taken the decision to close to the public all day. An amber weather warning is in force for the Isle of Wight,...

A new generation of homeowners will be able to take their first step on to the housing ladder thanks to a scheme cutting the cost of some new homes by a third, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced. First Homes...