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The Isle of Wight Foodbank provided a total of 5,067 emergency food parcels to local people between April 2018 and March 2019, official figures have revealed. Each emergency food parcel consists of 3 days' food. Of the staggering number handed...

WightSAR, the Isle of Wight’s volunteer search and rescue team, have welcomed a new vehicle into their fleet this month thanks to a £20,000 grant from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). A specialist 4×4 vehicle has been purchased to...

The RSPCA received more than 50 calls about neglected, abandoned and stray exotic animals on the Isle of Wight last year, new figures show. The UK’s largest and oldest animal welfare charity has released its annual statistics this week, which...

We’re being encouraged to put on the gardening gloves, locate our favourite trowel and help make Isle of Wight bloom this summer as applications for Wight in Bloom 2019 open. As well as announcing the opening of applications for this...

A defibrillator that was stolen from Haylands Primary School in Ryde some 2-and-a-half-years ago has been found by local children. The life-saving piece of equipment was taken from outside the primary school on Bettesworth Road in October 2016, which left...

Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney and Superintendent Sarah Jackson have praised 38 members of the public and the policing family on the Isle of Wight at the district commander’s awards ceremony. The event was held at Newport Congregational Church on Tuesday...

Ian Hodson, Structures Manager. Work by Island Roads, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, to re-open Newport Quay Bridge will begin next month. The project will involve replacing the bridge deck and supporting beams, leaving a structure less...

This page contains details of planning applications submitted to the Isle of Wight Council for which the consultation period commences on or after the Friday of publication. Appeals Application No: P/00010/19 Planning Inspectorate Ref: APP/P2114/D/19/3224953 Location: 8 Osborne Heights, East...

The decision date on the West Wight school places consultation, which could lead to the closure of All Saints Primary School, has been delayed to allow more time for the Isle of Wight Council to consider fully all the comments...

Sightings of Brown-tail moth caterpillars at Ventnor have been reported, prompting the Isle of Wight Council to issue a warning. The council is warning against handling the creatures, whose hairs can break off as barbs, potentially causing skin irritation and...