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35 people representing carnival organisations from Leeds, London, Hastings, Milton Keynes, Nottingham and the Island joined The New Carnival Company in Italy recently for the country's largest carnival weekend. Pre-Lenten celebrations in Rio, New Orleans and Trinidad may be world...

UPDATED: The X Factor is back and on the lookout for the next big breakout music stars, which includes a visit to the Isle of Wight as part of the 2017 audition tour. The Open Auditions tour will be visiting...

The new customer building being erected in Portsmouth Wightlink’s £45million investment in a new ship for the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route and port improvements has achieved another milestone. Contractors Trant are starting to put up the new customer experience building at Wightlink’s...

Sandown Bay Academy's performance of 'Perilous Harbour' Medina College are celebrating after taking a strong second place in Day 2 of the 2017 Rock Challenge, which took place in Portsmouth last night (Tuesday). The Newport-based school's performance of 'Together, we can...

Communities across the South are benefiting from over £250,000 in grant funding from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), helping them become more resilient in emergency situations and prepare for possible winter storms and flooding. The SSEN Resilient Communities Fund is...

The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is once again asking the public to help shape plans to change Parliamentary constituency boundaries as it opens its second consultation today (Tuesday). Following a decision by Parliament to reduce the number of constituencies...

4 young apprentices showed off their traditional conservation skills at the 25th annual Hedgelaying Competition over the weekend. Hedgelaying is a traditional method of cutting, bending and fixing live hedge stems to allow them to grow into thick hedges to contain...

Church of England and Catholic schools on the Isle of Wight could be brought together into a single, Island-wide academies trust.   The Church of England and Catholic Bishops of Portsmouth have agreed to a feasibility study to see if...

Ryde School performing to take 4th place Christ the King College went up against 8 other schools from across the region to scoop first place in Day 1 of the 2017 Be Your Best Rock Challenge in Portsmouth last night (Monday). With their performance 'A...

Cowes Post Office is to relocate to The Southern Co-operative store at the top of Mill Hill Road with the benefit of significantly extended opening hours, it has been announced today (Tuesday). Previously, the town's Post Office operated from inside The Southern...