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The Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is celebrating the announcement of a grant award of more than £1.5million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The grant has been awarded for its landscape partnership scheme – Down to the...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) has moved one step closer to full night flying capability with the arrival of its enhanced model H135T3 helicopter, specially equipped for nighttime flying. The arrival of the aircraft is part...

The Cowes chain ferry will be out of service on Tuesday (3rd November). The chain ferry - also known as the floating bridge - will not be operating to allow for its chains to be renewed. The chains must be...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have announced that they are to run a one craft service until Tuesday due to ongoing unplanned and essential maintenance to Island Express. The aging craft will be undergoing repairs at Griffon Hoverwork in Southampton tomorrow and over the...

Savills of London have been instructed by the owners of Appuldurcombe Gardens Holiday Park in Wroxall to bring the freehold property to the market with a guide price of some £2.98 million. The park, which extends to around 12 acres, features...

Residents living in the Shanklin area are being urged to remain vigilant following a recent spate of criminal damage to vehicles in the town. Police are investigating reports of damage to vehicles in the vicinity of Carter Avenue and Albert...

Residents should continue to put their waste or recycling out as normal from Monday (2nd November) as the Island's new waste contractor, Amey, begins collection services. Although Amey officially takes over from Island Waste Services on Sunday, residents will not...

An Island Police Officer has been recognised for his bravery at the National Police Bravery Awards held at the Dorchester Hotel in London last night (Tuesday). On the 12th April last year, dog handler PC Nathan Lucy responded to a call...

More than 30 residents have attended an event to explain Island Roads’ plan to strengthen Wootton Bridge. Island Roads staff took the company’s mobile visitor centre to Lakeside Park Hotel at Wootton last week to display plans to repair the...

A host of Isle of Wight tourism businesses are celebrating their hard work and dedication having made it through to the 2015 final of the Beautiful South Awards for Excellence, hosted and organised by Tourism South East (TSE). The finalists...