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Southern Water say they have 12,500 bottles of water en-route to the Island today (Monday) to be better prepared for any future emergency situations, such as the one experienced by Ryde residents yesterday. Over 4,000 properties were without water for...

Christ the King College is celebrating the outstanding successes of their A Level students for the third year running, building on the previous 2 years and demonstrating that the College is going from strength to strength. The phenomenal growth of the...

The Isle of Wight Council is inviting feedback on proposed changes to its Mobile Library Service, reducing the number of locations it visits and the frequency of visits. The Council is writing to regular users and town and parish councils...

This father and daughter duo were the first to reach the fort - Photo: Wight Drone Around 1000 people of all ages turned out for the annual Bembridge Fort Walk yesterday evening (Sunday), despite the poor weather conditions. In comparison...

Despite the anticipated poor weather, the sun shone down on the East Wight today (Saturday) for the annual Bembridge RNLI open day, attracting strong visitor numbers to the lifeboat station. As well as learning about sea safety, the history of...

Bembridge RNLI launched its All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) at the request of Solent Coastguard yesterday evening (Friday) to assist a lone skipper. At around 19:30 the volunteer crew launched to assist a 35ft sailing yacht that had broken down in the vicinity of No Mans Land...

Many Ryde School pupils are celebrating some excellent A level results this week, with 68% of entries graded as B or above with over a third at ‘A*’ or ‘A’. Overall the Queens-Road based school has seen a 97% pass rate. Deputy...

VIDEO: The Coastal Safety Officer for Bembridge RNLI, Alan Doe, has issued some safety advice and information to those planning to take part in the annual but unorganised Bembridge Fort Walk this weekend. Up to 2,000 people are expected to...

A carousal of curiosity is set to entertain at Bestival next month as organisers of the Robin Hill-based festival confirm that Caravanserai is to return with a huge line-up of live acts and DJs and mind-blowing aerial action from Cirque Bijou. An arcadia of...

Police are appealing for information after items of sentimental value were stolen during a burglary in Ryde at the tail end of last week. Officers are investigating a burglary in Spencer Road, Ryde, which happened at around 03:20 on Friday...