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Wightlink have announced that they will no longer be texting customers and other subscribers about general service updates. The cross-Solent operator says that from Monday 1st April it will be making changes to the way the company communicates with the...

Why would you want to double the chances of dying in a car crash? That is the question being asked by Roads Policing officers as they take part in a national week of action around seatbelt enforcement. Police across Hampshire...

'The Isle of Wight Festival at 50' was the winner of Single Factual Entertainment Programme at The Royal Television Society Southern 2019 Professional Television Awards, which took place in Winchester on Friday. The one-off programme, commissioned by the BBC to celebrate...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating yet another instance of rural crime which has seen the theft of 3 bicycles. According to local officers, a Trek mountain bike and 2 Scott mountain bikes were stolen from a property...

Island Brewery's 'Vectis Venom' has won a prestigious bronze award at the International Brewing Awards in London. The competition was extremely stiff and the Shalfleet-based brewery were up against major players in the industry. But Vectis Venom did the Island...

This is your bi-weekly round up of the latest court news, covering some of the cases heard by the Isle of Wight Combined Court up until Friday 8th March 2019. The defendant's name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are...

7 men and women from across the Island were handed their pagers and officially welcomed into the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service at a passing out ceremony in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). The new recruits have spent the...

The Isle of Wight Council, in conjunction with Island Roads, has started a consultation on the proposed full pedestrianisation of part of Ryde High Street. Since 1985, motorists have been able to drive up the partially pedestrianised Ryde High Street...

The Isle of Wight Council is conducting a commuter survey that could have a positive effect on the lives of residents. The council want to find out about how employees across the Island travel to work, so that they can...

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society have announced the return of their prestigious awards celebrating rural work and life on the island – and nominations are now open. The awards will...