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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today (Monday) announced that the consultation on the Draft South Marine Plans will take place from now until 27th January 2017. The consultation gives interested parties the chance to share their views and opinions on...

An officers’ badge has found its own ticket to Ryde some 181 years after it was first commissioned for the opening of the Grade ll*-listed Royal Victoria Arcade in Union Street. The badge, 1 of just 2 known to have...

A temporary one-way system to allow for highway improvements associated with the new ASDA development in Newport has come into force this morning (Monday). Motorists are now only able to enter Newport from the Blackwater/Arreton direction via Medina Avenue, however traffic...

Following an extensive and robust recruitment process, the Isle of Wight Council has appointed Dr Carol Tozer as its new permanent Director of Adult Social Care (DASS). Dr Tozer will join the Isle of Wight Council on 1st December 2016....

A former Sandown High School student has just launched the country’s first retail incentive and reward scheme developed specifically for students and young people. The website, www.GIMMEA.uk, has been designed and developed by Josh Collyer. GIMMEA combines the best student...

New statistics have revealed that a total of 1,302 children on the Isle of Wight are known to social services - abuse and neglect has been identified as a factor in some 533 cases. In just 4 years the number...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery in Ryde High Street on Wednesday (2nd November). A 28-year-old woman - who was with her 19-month old daughter - was leaning into the boot of her car outside Iceland at...

VIDEO: A new scheme to raise awareness of sustainable transport options among the Island’s accommodation providers has been launched by Visit Isle of Wight in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, thanks to a £40,000 grant from the Council’s...

UK businesses are still showing signs of growth in the aftermath of the EU referendum according to new research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. According to the long-running survey of South East businesses, 56% reported at least one sign...

L-R: Communities Minister Marcus Jones MP, Cardinal Vincent Nicholas, CSAN Director Phil McCarthy, and meeting sponsor Lord Alton of Liverpool Life in the Island’s prisons should improve for staff and inmates alike, according to an Isle of Wight Councillor. Councillor...