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A number of services will be held across the Island to mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend. In Newport, a service of remembrance will be held in Newport Minster on Sunday 8th November following the two minute silence at 11:00. Proceedings...

Pupils and teachers in East Cowes are celebrating after receiving this year’s Sainsbury's Active Kids equipment. Tanya Blake and Bianca Johnston from Sainsbury's attended Queensgate Foundation Primary School to present the new equipment after the school collected some 10,551 vouchers. The...

A specialist extrication training week has been taking place at Ryde Fire Station since Monday, with one of the areas of training being how to deal with electric and hybrid vehicles, which often feature complex internal equipment. Cutting people free...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 24-year-old man was seriously assaulted by two youths in an unprovoked attack in the early hours of Sunday, resulting in a broken leg. The incident happened at about 01:40 on Binstead Road,...

BT generated a massive £5 million for the Isle of Wight economy in the past year, according to an independent report published today (Wednesday). The report, by Regeneris Consulting, also shows that the communications company supports nearly 37,000 jobs in...

The historic yacht Gipsy Moth IV, in which Sir Francis Chichester completed his historic global circumnavigation in 1967, and which is based at UKSA in Cowes, will feature on the new British passport. Immigration minister James Brokenshire announced the news...

Students from Queensgate Foundation Primary School at East Cowes, have been given a lesson in construction site safety by Island Roads. Callum Gillett, part of Island Roads’ graduate scheme and communications officer Helen Williams, attended a school assembly ceremony to...

300 teddy bears are now on their way to Syrian refugee children, thanks to the generosity of Isle of Wight youngsters. Wightlink Ferries transported the cuddly toys across the Solent on Saturday and they will soon be shipped out to...

Hovertravel are flying special remembrance flags at both their Ryde and Southsea terminals this week. Customers are now able to buy poppies and donate at the terminals too. Loretta Lale, Marketing & Commercial Manager at Hovertravel, explains: "Remembrance Sunday is important date in...

The RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Centre in East Cowes starred in a national television programme on ITV last night (Monday). Countrywise aired at 20:00 with presenter Paul Heiney visiting the center on the banks of the River Medina, where staff gave him a very...