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L-R: Island Roads' Nigel Smith; Council Parks' Nigel Leppard; local businesswoman Lyn Blackledge; Cllr Henry Adams; Britain in Bloom chairman Peter Holman; judge Vince Gradwell; Cllr Jill Moore and Cllr Phil Warren Ryde has been selected from more than 600...

As temperatures start to rise so too can insecure burglary rates due to people leaving windows and doors open when they have gone out or are in the back garden. Hampshire Constabulary is reminding residents to consider the following as the...

Households in receipt of combined benefits of more that £20,000 per year (for a couple or lone parent), or £13,400 per year (for a single claimant) are being reminded of the introduction of a new benefit cap this autumn. There...

Southern Vectis' general manager Matt Kitchin is to leave the south coast and take up a new posting in Greater Manchester, the Go Ahead-owned bus operator has today (Monday) confirmed. Matt joined the Isle of Wight firm in November 2012...

PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Local charities are set to benefit from monies raised during Bestival Ryde Slide, which returned to the seaside town of Ryde in glorious sunshine and year-high temperatures yesterday (Sunday). With the thermometer reaching around 24c Islanders were making the...

Police are appealing for information after a number of antiques were stolen from a shop in Shanklin last week. The theft took place at around 00:15 last Thursday (7th July) at Victoria Antiques in Victoria Avenue, Shanklin. A man was seen...

With just 2 days to go and more slots to slide than ever before, there are still some places left for this Sunday’s epic Bestival Ryde Slide.  Everyone who entered the lottery draw has already had their slot confirmed, meaning Islanders...

The required statutory mechanism to bring a business improvement district (BID) into operation on the Isle of Wight this September has been triggered by a 'Yes' vote - meaning tourism related businesses across the Island will now face paying a...

Prosecutions for hate crimes rose by 9% during 2015-16, seeing 56 more cases taken to court across the Wessex region of Dorset, Hampshire, Wessex and the Isle of Wight - including the harassment of 2 Islanders with learning disabilities.  The Crown...

The Isle of Wight Council has completed the first phase of works on the Shanklin Cliff Lift and the good news is that 1 of the 2 lifts is to come back into operation this morning (Thursday), just in time...