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Southern Water is carrying out network surveys in Shanklin as part of a major scheme to bring local bathing water quality up to the ‘excellent’ rating by 2020. Shanklin is 1 of 7 coastal areas selected for a range of...

2016-2017 has seen a considerable improvement by the Wessex Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the number of successful prosecutions across all 3 major strands of crime that fall under the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) umbrella. Over the last...

Barratt's Anthony Dimmick Staff from local housebuilder Barratt Homes are touring Hampshire and the Isle of Wight this Autumn in a bid to encourage young people to consider apprenticeships. The company, which employs apprentices across the region, hopes to inspire...

Island Healthcare, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, is expanding its innovative domiciliary care service – The Hub - on the Island. The community focused service gives residents within a small radius of 3 good rated care homes...

MP Bob Seely has received assurances today (Tuesday) that the Government will support Island workers who face redundancy at BAE Systems’ Cowes factory. Bob asked Department of Work and Pensions minister Claire Perry in Parliament that those potentially losing their...

Island MP Bob Seely has met with pupils at Christ the King College to discuss their campaign to help educate children in the developing world. Bob talked to Year 8 and 12 pupils from the school in Newport about the Send...

Police are asking members of the public for help in locating around £20,000 worth of jewellery that has been stolen from a house in St Helens. In total 4 rings, 2 Omega Ladies and Bulova Gents watches and some cufflinks were...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has joined forces with the Isle of Wight Youth Trust to promote youth mental health this World Mental Health Day. Bob, who met with members of the Island Youth Mental Taskforce to hear their...

Councillor Chris Whitehouse, a prominent Catholic who until recently led for Island Conservatives on education, has welcomed an announcement by the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth that Catholic schools on the Island may not now convert to academies. Owing to the...

This year’s Green Party Autumn Conference in Harrogate has been an overwhelming success for the Isle of Wight party – both as a team and with notable individual achievements. On Sunday night, co-leaders Caroline Lucas MP and Jonathan Bartley presented...