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Isle of Wight residents are being reminded to spring into action and renew their subscription for the Isle of Wight Council’s garden waste collection service which runs from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. There is no automatic renewal...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely received a commitment from the Home Secretary yesterday (Tuesday) that funding for Hampshire Constabulary will be increased. Bob told the House of Commons he welcomed the biggest rise in Police funding since 2010 but...

UPDATED: Thousands of children, parents and teachers across the country - including here on the Isle of Wight - are awaiting news on whether the popular Rock Challenge and J-Rock dancing events will be going ahead in 2019. Rumours have...

27-year-old Jamie Downing from Oakvale in Ryde has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for possessing a manual on how to abuse children, as well as possessing 5,386 illegal images. Downing, who admitted looking at the images for over...

Home buying on the Isle of Wight just got more affordable as leading homebuilder Barratt Homes joins forces with private landlord heylo. The scheme, called Home Reach, provides a more affordable way for people to get on the housing ladder...

An incredible £5,000 has been raised for charity thanks to the success of the Long Lane Christmas Lights display in Newport. Each year Terry and Sue Ramplin invite members of the public to enjoy their magical display of lights - a...

As part of Safer Internet Day, Hampshire Constabulary has released a short film featuring a real life victim, to highlight the online risks of sending nudes. The film tells the real life story of Megan, who at the age of...

Members of the Sovereign Housing Association development and housing teams met with Cllr Chris Whitehouse, representative of the Newport West Ward on the Isle of Wight Council, and Cllr Peter Whiteman, Parish Councillor for Newport West, yesterday (Monday) to discuss...

UK Oil and Gas Plc say they are going 'full speed ahead' towards beginning their drilling operations for oil at Arreton in 2020. Representatives of UKOG were on the Isle of Wight yesterday (Sunday) where they visited the drill sites...

Last Thursday (31st January 2019) saw the Isle of Wight’s top tourism businesses celebrated at the annual Red Funnel myIsleofWight Awards - the Island’s only visitor-voted tourism Awards. The event was held at The Cow at Tapnell Farm and saw...