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Police are this week appealing for witnesses to come forward following an alleged assault at Sandown's firework display at the beginning of the month. Officers are investigating reports that a 47-year-old man and his partner, a 42-year-woman, were sat on the sea...

UPDATED: Police say they have been made aware by education establishments and young people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight of suspicious friend requests being made through sites such as Facebook; describing those making contact as being from Islamic State or 'ISIS'. Recipients...

A Newport councillor’s campaign to clean up a local eyesore has made some positive progress. Cllr Chris Whitehouse (Conservative, Newport West) has been pressing the Isle of Wight Council to clean up Taylor Road and the surrounding area alongside Carisbrooke...

The Special Boat Service (SBS) and other Navy forces have been undertaking specialist training exercises as fears grow that so-called Islamic State terrorists may target UK shipping - with the port of Southampton being named as a potential target. With...

Junior doctors on the Isle of Wight are set to join their colleagues in strike action next month.  The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday (Thursday) announced that junior doctors will take part in strike action in December, following a ballot...

An inquest has this week heard that a Newport motorcyclist died as a result of a road traffic collision following an apparent lapse in concentration that led to a fatal head-on smash back in May of this year. 48-year-old Jonathan Hawes was...

Isle of Wight water and wastewater services supplier Southern Water and its contracting partners Clancy Docwra and Atkins won a national award on Wednesday for their work in the unique Thanet sewer system. Transport Minister Andrew Jones presented the NJUG 2015...

People diagnosed with Hepatitis C virus are now able to receive treatment locally without the need to travel to Southampton for care. For the first time since Hepatitis C was discovered in 1989, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust is...

A Macmillan nurse from the Isle of Wight is urging the public to get behind lung cancer awareness month this November by being signs and symptoms aware. Emmaline Cornwell, a Macmillan lung cancer clinical nurse specialist based at the Isle...

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight’s hopes for a successful devolution bid have received a boost, after Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark hosted a meeting yesterday (Tuesday) to learn more about the bid.  The Secretary...