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Passengers will find it easy to travel across the Isle of Wight this Christmas Day - thanks to special services from Southern Vectis. The operator has just announced its festive timetable - including extended services to help get local people...

British Soul star Jaki Graham is the latest name to be added to what’s shaping up to be another crowd-pleasing line-up for next Summer’s Jack Up The 80s festival, which takes place on 11th and 12th August 2018. Jaki has...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway have confirmed that whilst they would like to extend their service into Newport should the opportunity arise, their focus remains firmly with running steam trains into Ryde St John's. On Thursday night hundreds of...

The force was strong for WightFibre and UKSA at the Charity Premiere of Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi which took place at Cineworld, Newport on Thursday night. A capacity audience of 292 VIP guests and competition winners came together...

Islanders are being invited to give their views on how the Isle of Wight Council should spend its money next year. The council has launched its budget consultation and residents, businesses, the voluntary sector and town and parish councils are...

The Keep Island Line in the Franchise (KILF) campaign has welcomed a willingness from South Western Railway (SWR) to adjust Island Line timetables in light of proposed changes to mainland rail services to and from Portsmouth. SWR is currently consulting...

Police say they have closed their investigation into the death of a 53-year-old man following an incident on a building site in Newport last year. Emergency services were called to Atkinson Drive on 13th October 2016 after a bricklayer suffered...

The future of secondary education in Sandown has taken another significant step forward after the Isle of Wight Council published a report yesterday (Thursday) recommending an alteration to the upper age limit of The Bay CE Primary School from 11...

Be Bright, Be Seen was the dress code at Island schools recently as youngsters learnt about road safety when travelling to and from school during darker mornings and evenings. Wight Cycle Training visited a number of schools to deliver a...

Young people from across the Isle of Wight will continue to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh awards following the reissuing of the Isle of Wight Council’s provider licence. There are currently over 150 young people taking part in...