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Households in Ryde will soon have to pay 20% more towards the Ryde Town Council element of their Council Tax Bill. From April, a Band D property will have to fork out an additional £22.60 a year. This increase is...

Apprentices can now benefit from cheaper bus travel as part of a bid to encourage sustainable transport on the Isle of Wight. Connect To Work – the project to promote work-based sustainable travel – has agreed a deal with Southern...

Ryde Town Council agreed to investigate buying the seaside town's harbour at a packed public meeting last night (Monday). Members are now expected to submit an expression of interest to the Isle of Wight Council in an effort to preserve the...

Jumping in a taxi will soon become more expensive following the approval by the Isle of Wight Council to raise fares by 10p a mile. Those travelling from A to B on the Isle of Wight between 08:00 in the...

Hampshire Constabulary has seized cash, drugs and even a suspected Taser following a crackdown on 'County Lines' drug dealing on the Isle of Wight. Working proactively with partners at the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit and British Transport Police,...

Wightlink will be operating a temporary timetable on its Fishbourne to Portsmouth service from tomorrow (Tuesday). A delay in the return of one of the cross-Solent operator's ferries from an annual refit has led to the last minute timetable change....

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has received reassurances from the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) that the investigations into Wightlink's engine failures are a priority for the authority. Mr Seely has taken to Twitter this afternoon (Monday) to say...

Officers from the Sandown Bay Neighbourhood Policing Team will be carrying out regular patrols on the Shanklin to Sandown revetment following 15 break-ins to beach huts. All the beach huts were broken into at some point between 20:00 on Friday...

Residents are, once again, being asked for their feedback on the services being provided by Island Roads as part of its work to improve the highways network on the Island. When it launches on Friday 1st February, it will be...

A dispute over the lease for Ryde ice rink has been referred to arbitration, meaning court proceedings with AEW are on hold - for now. The Isle of Wight Council took legal action because it believes AEW has breached the lease...