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A prolific thief has been fined £40 after stealing 3 milkshakes from a popular corner shop in Cowes. Roland Tomlin, of Terminus Road in Cowes, appeared before Magistrates on the Isle of Wight, via video link from HMP Winchester, on...

Major maintenance work to Medina Bridge in Newport - the dual carriageway - has been postponed until next year, Island Roads has confirmed. The work to replace 16 bearings on what is the Island’s longest and most well-used structure was...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary's new Chief Constable, Alexis Boon, has taken up his position this week with a pledge to put communities at the centre of local policing. Boon joins from the Metropolitan Police, where he led commands...

An Isle of Wight man has been sentenced for a string of motoring offences committed in the West Midlands, including taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent. John Ward, 43, of Lower Furlongs, Brading, appeared at Walsall Magistrates’ Court on...

More than 70 'Fatal Four' driving offences have been identified as part of a month-long road safety operation on the Isle of Wight. Operation Spotlight was a targeted national operation with the aim of making the roads safer and reducing...

Plans to give Ryde's Festival Bar a new outside seating area, creating a more ‘Continental atmosphere’, have been conditionally approved. J.S. Hospitality’s application to expand the Festival Diner Bar on Union Street in Ryde has been accepted by planners who...

The former Chessell Pottery in the West Wight could house a new holiday unit. Mark Giddens is looking to convert part of the ground floor of Chessell Pottery off Middle Road – a proposal his agent, Paul Stack Planning, says...

72-year-old Steven Bennett has been crowned a millionaire after scooping a Euromillions win with a ticket he bought on the Isle of Wight. Steven, a widower from East London, has been holidaying on the Island since childhood and has continued...

A new creative space combining art, shade and cocktails has opened in Cowes - just in time for Cowes Week. The Courtyard is an exclusive space brought together between local artists and Bar No.46, supported by local business Olesinski. Located...

Ventnor man Andrew Dorning is to appear before the Isle of Wight Crown Court later this year, charged with 3 counts of rape and 1 count of attempted rape. The 44-year-old, of Mitchell Avenue in Ventnor, appeared before the Isle...