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Island Roads has announced that work to rebuild a section of Newport Road in Northwood is set to finish later on today (Friday) – around a week earlier than initially scheduled. The scheme has progressed ahead of schedule given favourable...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. New Applications Application...

'Quitting is not an option' - that is the message from Carl Feeney, Chair of Pro-Link, following a recent meeting with Lord Adonis in Westminster over Fixed Link study funding. The meeting on Friday (6th September) followed on from the...

Team Police at Southampton Airport Firefighters, Police officers and Paramedics have begun their 'Blue Light Breakout' challenge to see how far they can travel from the Isle of Wight in 50 hours - all in the aid of local charity...

Angie Rook & Sir Martin White A ceremony was held at the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre in East Cowes on Tuesday (10th September) to mark the retirement of Major General Sir Martin White KCVO, CB, CBE, JP as the President...

Employability and skills provider Fedcap Employment is to deliver the government’s new flagship programme to help people on the Isle of Wight with health and disability issues into sustainable jobs. Fedcap Employment has been chosen by the Department for Work...

The Isle of Wight Council is set to make a decision of whether or not to support hosting the Tour of Britain, Tour Series criterium and Women's Tour cycling events in 2020. It has been over 4 years since the...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has raised concerns that uncontrolled large-scale housing developments could be harmful to wildlife in rivers and marine locations around the Island. Mr Seely has written to the Isle of Wight Council asking for information...

The bell from a United States Navy ship that was sunk off the Isle of Wight the night before 'Operation Overlord' began is to be returned to the American authorities. USS Osprey was lost on 5th June 1944 when she...

The Isle of Wight’s Noël Turner Physics Festival is set to grow thanks to an exciting new partnership with Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium. The festival, which has inspired and engaged school children across the Island in physics for the...