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Funds raised by Red Funnel for Ability Dogs 4 Young People, the ferry company’s chosen Charity of the Year for 2016, totalled £50,000 which has allowed the charity to buy a van for the training of its assistance dogs, as...

The Isle of Wight Biscuit Company talk about their expanding range Wightlink is celebrating the opening of a new shop on board its flagship ferry St Clare, dedicated to selling products produced or supplied by Isle of Wight companies. A...

The Island's Highways PFI contract isn't 'currently perfect', but the man now in charge of overseeing one of the biggest contracts the Isle of Wight Council has ever signed says it is vital that the Island draws maximum benefit from...

Talks aimed at saving a rural bus service are said to have broken down due to Southern Vectis declining to start discussions on a financial package to reinstate an hourly summer service on their Route 6. Chale Parish Council, Chillerton &...

Mairead Healy has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust, serving children and young people across the Island are facing emotional difficulties. The Youth Trust delivers one to one counselling to children and...

Cowes Enterprise College, an Ormiston Academy, has announced that current Principal John Peckham is to retire, prompting a recruitment campaign for a new leader. John Peckham, working closely with Ormiston Academies Trust, has overseen the stabilisation of the academy and set it...

The House of Commons voted 494 to 122 in favour of the Government’s EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill last night (Wednesday), a vote supported by the Island's MP Andrew Turner. The vote was the result of 3 days of detailed...

Work is to begin shortly on a project to repair the distinctive brick and stone wall supporting the raised walkway on a section of The Mall at Newport. As well as repointing sections of the retaining wall, the Island Roads...

Newport Parish Council will continue to support 2 school crossing patrols in 2017/18, as well as providing funding for a third. The Parish Council has been providing interim funding for the 2 school crossing patrols at Cedar Hill and Carisbrooke Road/Wellington...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) is today (Thursday) unveiling it's new brand identity and Critical Care Team car to coincide with the charity’s 10-year anniversary. Since the charity’s first operational flight in 2007, the service that the...