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Southern Vectis worker Vikki Ward is celebrating this week - after being named employee of the year by the Isle of Wight bus operator.  Praised by colleagues and customers alike for her willingness to help and hardworking, honest, nature Vikki...

E-mails and letters are today (Tuesday) being sent to parents of Year 6 pupils on the Isle of Wight transferring to Year 7 in September. For parents who applied online and ticked ‘yes’ to receive notification by e-mail, the secondary...

A national drowning prevention strategy that aims to halve the number of fatal incidents on or near water has been launched by Transport Minister Robert Goodwill MP. The document, created by members of the National Water Safety Forum (NWSF) - the...

Detectives on the Isle of Wight are investigating reports of a man urinating on a car in Sandown, before later returning to the same area and threatening members of the public with a knife. Shortly before 21:00 on Saturday night...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Trading Standards Service is asking the public to help it raise awareness of the debilitating effects of scams. To help mark National Safeguarding Day today (Monday) the service is also highlighting the personal cost and...

Work is to begin shortly on a major scheme to resurface part of Fairlee Road – one of the main roads into Newport. In order to minimise disruption, the resurfacing works – on the stretch from Medina College to near the...

The Isle of Wight Festival has today (Monday) announced details of its local charity initiative, which successfully launched last year. Local charities and causes on the island are invited to apply for tickets to this year’s festival to use in...

More than 60 people gathered in Totland Church Hall last Tuesday night for a public meeting to learn more about the prospect of oil and gas drilling on the island - or 'fracking' as it is known. A presentation covered what has...

How the steps looked before / Matt Stone The Isle of Wight Council are reminding locals that the steps at Compton beach car park are out of use following their collapse earlier this month, with warnings not to use the...

Simon Hayes, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, has this week confirmed his preferred candidate to become the new Chief Constable for Hampshire Constabulary as Olivia Pinkney, who will be Hampshire Constabulary’s first female appointment to...