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A leading paediatrician has this week warned the healthcare system leaves parents 'deeply confused' when children become ill - and the warning comes ahead of the launch of a new project called Wessex Healthier Together. Dr Sanjay Patel, a consultant...

An Isle of Wight Glass Museum is set to open at Arreton Barns, the Island’s largest arts and crafts centre in the heart of the Isle of Wight. The location is ideal since there are two working glass studios in...

Police officers and members of the public from the Isle of Wight were recognised for their excellence at a special awards ceremony in Newport this week, including for the dramatic rescue of a vulnerable man. On Monday night, Chief Constable Andy Marsh...

VIDEO: A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of arson following the devastating blaze that destroyed a school in Lake back in July has been released from Police bail with no further action to be taken against him. Hampshire Constabulary are continuing to investigate...

A total of 13 recommendations have been made by Healthwatch Isle of Wight to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, two of which have already been acted upon. As previously reported, many people considering complaining about a hospital, care home...

The National Trust has finalised a deal to acquire 408-acres of land in the West Wight at a cost of £2.7 million - the biggest coastal land acquisition in two decades. The land at Dunsbury Farm has been purchased from Patrick Seely and...

Wightlink will be running a revised timetable on their Ryde-Portsmouth Harbour catamaran service tomorrow morning (Friday). The xx:40 sailings from Portsmouth and the xx:10 sailings from Ryde will be operated by a charter vessel, which will result in a slightly longer...

Police are probing a suspicious incident on the Isle of Wight today (Thursday) in which a man was trying to sell power tools from the back of a van. Officers from Yarmouth are investigating reports that a male in a...

Police are this week investigating an incident at Lake Kebab and Pizza House between a man and a woman and are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Officers are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed an altercation between...

The Island's MP, Andrew Turner, has been elected to the key position of Vice Chairman of the new All Party Parliamentary Group for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight at its inaugural meeting in the Palace of Westminster yesterday (Wednesday)....