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Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating an episode of suspected door stop crime in Brading, in which local residents were asked to part with their cash. At around 23:10 last night (Sunday), a man is alleged to have...

Sandown Bay's performance Ryde Academy secured a 4th place finish in the Rock Challenge Southern Premier Final at Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday with their performance 'Oel Nhati Kamé'. 10 schools from across Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, West Sussex, the Isle...

Rural businesses still face barriers to housing and economic development in the countryside despite the Government’s attempt to make the planning system more streamlined and efficient.  The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses,...

Vix Lowthion The sight of residents queuing up in their cars and blocking roads to Lynbottom Tip in the last fortnight has been described by local Greens as a ‘complete fiasco’. The local Green party say that the Isle of...

The ongoing saga of how Islanders can dispose of their waste continues as the Isle of Wight Council confirms they are to withdraw the mobile recycling unit from tomorrow (1st May). Already Islanders are struggling to get rid of their...

The Isle of Wight Council has won a global award for a digital project on regeneration. The local authority won the Smart Island Programme award at the Smart Island World Congress in Mallorca, Spain, this week. Judges praised the council’s...

More than 6,000 grooming crimes have been recorded by police in England and Wales since April 2013 with 291 of them across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, new Home Office figures show. There was a total of 2,996 grooming crimes...

Following the completion of essential maintenance works, the public toilets at South Street in Newport have re-opened to the public. As part of the maintenance works, Newport Parish Council has provided a baby-changing area in the ladies' toilet block. The...

One of the main routes connecting Shanklin and Lake is to be resurfaced by Island Roads next month. Whitecross Lane and Sandy Lane from Merrie Gardens to Witbank Gardens will be resurfaced in a 4-day scheme currently scheduled to begin...

Christ the King College missed out on a podium place at last night's (Thursday's) Rock Challenge Southern Open Final A in Portsmouth. 11 schools from across West Sussex, London, Dorset, Surrey, Hampshire, Northamptonshire and the Isle of Wight competed, hoping...