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A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival, which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday). Hampshire Constabulary is maintaining its close co-operation with festival organisers, Solo, and partner...

Cllr Chris Whitehouse An Isle of Wight Councillor has called for support for a new online petition backing the continuing delivery of secondary education in Sandown by expanding the age range of The Bay Primary School to provide 4-16 or...

Self-catering holiday specialist, cottages.com has appointed a new Business Development Manager on the Isle of Wight. Rob Clarke will be responsible for cottages.com’s 250 rental properties across the Island in a patch covering Cowes down to Ventnor, Freshwater across to...

Health care services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust are under significant pressure as plans are put in place for the forthcoming Isle of Wight Festival weekend, which includes planning for any 'untoward' events such as a terror attack....

As a result of this weekend's Isle of Wight Festival, a number of council-run services are changing due to their close proximity to the festival site at Seaclose Park, Newport. Although the festival forces departments to re-locate, Islanders can still...

Island residents with large trailers are no longer able to access the Lynnbottom and Afton Marsh tips due to a change in rules introduced by Amey and the Isle of Wight Council this week, but it's not as bad as...

The Island's 2 leading auction rooms, Island Auction Rooms and Hose Rhodes Dickson Auction Rooms have announced that they have joined forces in a merger this month. Island Auction Rooms, based at Regent Street in Shanklin and Hose Rhodes Dickson Auction...

Canadian rock ensemble Arcade Fire will be the Saturday headliner at this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Formed in 2001 and based in Montreal, Quebec, these multi instrumentalists continually switch from one instrument to another during each performance. Husband and...

Victorious - the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has announced the acts playing its renowned World Music Village including the incomparable Neneh Cherry, a reggae masterclass from UK legends Macka B and Black Slate and leading UK Bhangra exponent Des-C....

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced the opening of its £285,000 Resilient Communities Fund across central southern England, with up to £20,000 available to charities and local groups who wish to undertake a resilience project to help protect...