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COWES Harbour Commission (CHC) have announced that Atkins, engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Games, has been officially appointed to project manage the procurement of the harbour infrastructure elements of the Cowes Outer Harbour Project (COHP). The principal...

RESIDENTS who are planning on travelling to town centres to cheer on the Olympic Torch as it makes its way across the Isle of Wight on Saturday 14th July are being advised to use public transport. Thousands of people are...

PUPILS, staff, governors and parents at The Bay C of E Primary School have been celebrating the results of their recent Ofsted inspection. Ofsted rated the school as ‘Good’ overall, with some areas of provision noted as ‘outstanding’. The school,...

ISLANDERS are being invited to vote for their favourite of four designs celebrating the life of a famous Island resident. Later this year, a new piece of artwork consisting of three enamel panels will be placed on the outside wall...

DOCTORS up and down the country are today striking in a row over pensions leading to operations and outpatient appointments at St Mary's Hospital being cancelled. Although no GPs on the Isle of Wight are striking, 10 operations and around...

ISLAND dignitaries will join together at 10:00 on Monday for a flag raising ceremony to honour the armed forces. In a change from previous years, the specially commissioned Armed Forces Day flag will be hoisted in St Thomas’ Square rather...

A motor-cruiser bringing two men and a woman across the Solent to be close to the weekend's Isle of Wight Festival had to call on the help of Cowes RNLI lifeboat late tonight when the boat sprang a leak. The...

THE Island’s MP is asking Southern Water to agree to arbitration to resolve the long running dispute about water charges between Southern Water in Gatcombe and Chillerton following a debate in the House of Commons last night.  Andrew Turner raised...

POLICE are appealing for information to identify the person or people responsible for fly tipping in a field at the top of Princelett Shute, Apse Heath, Sandown. Overnight between Sunday 17th June and Monday 18th June a large amount of...

THIRTY young carers from the Island will be given a well-earned break from their caring responsibilities by attending a weekend of activities at a mainland festival. They will be guests at the Young Carers Festival held at YMCA Fairthorne Manor...