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Newport Road in Cowes is to close for up to 4 weeks as Southern Water return to carry out further work to the recently replaced water main and to improve the road surface. Contractors Clancy Docwra and local water supplier...

Stenbury Federation Students from The Bay C of E Primary School have continued the run of podium positions for Island schools at this week's J Rock competition in Portsmouth, taking home a strong second place in Day 3 of the inter-schools...

Haylands Primary School's 'Return to Kansas' Yet another Island school has stepped onto the podium during this week's J Rock competition in Portsmouth, with Nettlestone Primary School taking home second place yesterday (Friday). Students from Nettlestone Primary went up against...

The Isle of Wight Liberal Democrat Chair has called on the Island's MP to support the House of Lords Amendment, which will guarantee the rights of EU citizens already living and working in the UK. The Government suffered its first...

Leading fostering agency Foster Care Associates (FCA), which runs an office here on the Isle of Wight is calling for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) single people and couples to consider becoming foster carers. The call, ahead of LGBT...

Britain’s largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services provider, Burgess Marine, has recently completed a successful winter refit season – including 2 ferries for Wightlink. The work on St Faith and St Cecilia was undertaken at the company’s 5000T...

Recent government inspections of 2 Island care services have resulted in Southern Housing Group achieving a ‘good’ rating across all standards of care. The services – the Domiciliary Care Agency (DCA), which provides at-home personal care and support to more...

Red Funnel is installing a brand new cycle hub adjacent to its West Cowes terminal this spring, it has been announced today (Friday). The cycle hub project is 1 of 11 projects being supported by the Isle of Wight Council...

Nine Acres Primary perform 'How to Train Your Dragon' Newchurch Primary School are well and truly celebrating this morning (Friday) having been awarded no less than 15 different awards in Day 1 of the J Rock competition in Portsmouth. Students,...

Budding entrepreneurs are being invited to consider a number of business opportunities being offered by the Isle of Wight Council. The opportunities are based around the Island and offer a chance to put entrepreneurial skills to creative use, from a...