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The confirmation that the Prime Minister Theresa May intends to invoke Article 50 by the end of March 2017 has been welcomed by the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner.  Article 50 is the trigger of the formal procedure to leave the...

Wight Karting has this week announced its Business vs Business challenge for 2016 – inviting 20 businesses to craft a team of 3, 4 or 5 drivers to battle it out on their all-purpose, all-weather track to be in with...

Photo: Caroline Bonarde Ucci Acting royalty was present at Shanklin Theatre last night (Sunday) when Dame Judi Dench visited to enjoy a sold-out performance by funny man and co-star, Eddie Izzard. Dame Judi, 81, who has starred in the likes of James...

The activation of an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) sparked the launch of Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat this morning (Sunday). Shortly before 11:10 Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the 'Alfred Albert Williams' lifeboat to locate the fishing...

34-year-old David Edward Dunford from Shamblers Road, Cowes has been handed down a 12 month jail term - suspended for 2 years - after being arrested outside a Cowes Primary School armed with a crossbow. As first reported by Island...

Richard Tyldsley is to take the helm at Island bus operator Southern Vectis, parent company Go South Coast has confirmed.  After graduating from Northumbria University in 2004, Richard began his career as a bus driver in County Durham for Go North...

Darren Reay, a luxury watch dealer who dodged £1.25 million in tax by falsifying import paperwork to show Rolexes, Cartiers and Breitlings were worth as little as $50, has been jailed for 3 years. Reay, 46, of Grimoldby in Lincolnshire, admitted...

Police are investigating an assault which took place in Sandown yesterday lunchtime (Thursday) and are trying to trace a group of teenagers seen in the area. A man aged in his 40s was treated for cuts to his head after he...

Anthony Churchill with his book, 'Winston's Island' The global media company Forbes, whose website receives some 52.7million monthly unique visits, has this week published an online article about the Isle of Wight, entitled 'An Island Tour that Honours Winston Churchill'. Used...

Night-time road closures at Coppins Bridge have been lifted following the completion of a major resurfacing scheme. The project by Island Roads at the Island’s busiest junction has also seen road markings repainted and the parapet railing upgraded. All work...