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Island MP Bob Seely has discussed the future of the Isle of Wight’s train service with senior representatives of new franchise holder South Western Railway (SWR). He met with senior managers Joost Noordewier and Emma Wiles at Ryde Pier Head...

Christ the King College students have exceeded all expectations once again, and the College has continued to build on its reputation for excellence. This year's results marks a significant change across the country, including the new grading system for GCSE...

Students at Carisbrooke College are celebrating what Executive Headteacher Peter Shaw has described as 'a really encouraging set of GCSE results'. There have been some excellent individual results for a number of students with several gaining the new ‘9’ as...

Ryde School is celebrating some excellent GCSE results this year with 24% of students achieving A*, whilst 91% of pupils achieved 5 or more A* to C grades including Maths and English. 90% of all entries in this year's GCSE...

Year 11 students at Cowes Enterprise College are said to have performed extraordinarily well on the new GCSEs in English and mathematics, with a big clutch of the new – much more challenging top grades. 16 students scored at least...

6-year-old Tobias Willson has discovered a tooth from a rare fish which lived around 110 million years ago and to share the discovery with as many people as possible, he has loaned it to Dinosaur Isle Museum at Sandown to...

Isle of Wight singer/songwriter BeX has joined the likes of REM, the Pet Shop Boys, Blondie and Paul McCartney on a new playlist celebrating the Isle of Wight. BeX’s ‘Time to Stop the Rain’ has been added to Wightlink’s Sounds...

VIDEO: Crowds turned out in their thousands for the annual Bembridge Fort Walk yesterday evening (Wednesday). Grey skies and a little bit of wind didn’t deter hundred and hundreds of people from turning out to walk to St Helens Fort...

The Isle of Wight Council has this afternoon (Wednesday) issued a response to the news that Red Funnel's controversial planning application has been approved on appeal to the Planning Inspectorate following a £12,500 battle with the local authority. As the...

The Isle of Wight Council, the Island's MP and members of the local community travelled to London to meet with the leaseholders of Ryde Arena on Monday. The ice rink was padlocked last October by the London-based investment company AEW....