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The Wight AID Foundation has granted £21,000 to local charities in their second round of grant applications. Wight AID, which launched in September last year, has now granted a total of £74,000 to local causes and plans to do another 9...

Bestival 2015 was a sunny one, but the event won't return to the Isle of Wight A teenager who admitted selling thousands of pounds worth of fake tickets to Bestival 2015 has been sentenced to 21 months in a young...

Cheques totaling over £4000 have been handed over to 3 worthy causes this afternoon (Friday) following the success of the Long Lane Christmas Lights display in Newport last month. Terry and Sue Ramplin have been inviting members of the public to enjoy...

The number of reported physical assaults against staff working at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust has fallen by 9%. Figures for 2015/16 recently published by NHS Protect, which leads on work to identify and tackle crime across the health...

The Isle of Wight Law Centre will provide support to more homeless people in the community thanks to a £44,745 3-year grant from Lloyds Bank Foundation. The grant will enhance its current Private Rented Sector Access service, a project that...

Award winners Tom's Eco Lodge with Red Funnel's Kevin George (L) There was cause for celebration for business winners at the Red Funnel My Isle of Wight Awards on Wednesday night, for making the Island a 'special place to visit...

Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police (TVP) arrested a total of 538 people for drink and/or drug-driving during their Christmas campaign, Operation Holly. During the campaign, which ran from 1st December to 1st January, the number of people arrested for...

Island residents are being reminded to be alert to cold callers at the door.  Recent reports in the region involve a cold caller purporting to be an officer from the Office of Fair Trading investigating a company that previously did...

The small team of Island volunteers that act as the creative force behind the Mondomix Festival are celebrating this week, having received further funding from Arts Council England through the parent organisation The World Village Project. The Mondomix Festival of...

It has been confirmed that an application to drill for oil at Arreton and off the coast of the Isle of Wight is to be submitted this year. UKOG Solent Limited, a 100%-owned subsidiary of UK Oil & Gas Investments...