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The RSPCA has launched its festive appeal Stock the Sleigh to help needy animals this winter as it reveals last Christmas Day was its busiest for 5 years. On 25th December 2018, the charity received 934 calls to its cruelty...

Resurfacing of the tennis courts at Northwood House has begun, all thanks to a £80,000 grant from the Beaverbrook Foundation. Built in the 1930s, Northwood House tennis courts have withstood coastal wind, rain and sunshine for over 90 years. The...

Newport-based WRS Systems has been chosen by Costa Coffee to roll out a revolutionary kiosk, which works to increase transaction speed whilst simultaneously reducing wait times for its customers. The first of the new kiosks was installed in Costa's Lewisham...

Isle of Wight Aldi customers will soon be the first to try Aldi’s new vegan snacks, which are being trialled in selected stores across the South East. The new vegan fruit gums come in three flavours, including Walter the Worm,...

Shane Richie with Laura Miller from Away Resorts The Isle of Wight is in high demand after the holiday hotspot was featured on Shane Richie’s new Channel 5 TV Show. TV star Shane stayed at Away Resorts’ Whitecliff Bay park...

The New Carnival Company (NCC) recently received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £54,000 for an exciting new project. ‘A Rather Bewildering Spectacle’ will focus on the Island’s rich carnival heritage, which spans from 1887 to the present day,...

Wightlink have been forced to cancel yet more sailings due to crew sickness, this time on their Fishbourne-Portsmouth Harbour car ferry service. The 06:20 and 08:30 sailings from Portsmouth Harbour and the 07:25 and 10:30 sailings from Fishbourne have been...

Hundreds, if not thousands of mince pies are set to be delivered to businesses across the Isle of Wight on 18th December as part of The Mince Pie Marathon! Wootton-based Brightbulb Design have launched a charity initiative in aid of...

Recycling and waste collections across the Isle of Wight will be slightly altered next week to allow staff to attend the funeral of a lost colleague. As a result of the sad loss of a long standing and well respected...

Cllr Wayne Whittle A local councillor is calling for 12 volunteers to become friends of the historic Ryde Town Hall and Theatre in an effort to restore the now empty and dilapidated building to its former grandeur. Cllr Wayne Whittle,...