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A £10,000 grant from South Western Railway's Customer and Community Improvement Fund has been awarded to Artswork to make Sandown Railway Station more welcoming to the whole community. The money has been awarded to the charity's Young Cultural Changemakers project....

A redundant farm barn near Gunville will be used by a vehicle repairs and MOT business. The council has granted the Reads Farm Partnership planning consent for a change of use of an agricultural barn at Reads Farm to the...

Just weeks after launching its first-ever Dragon Boat Race, Wessex Cancer Support is celebrating a huge wave of support with all team spaces for the event now officially sold out. Sponsored by Rouse, WH Brading, and Biscoes Solicitors, the fundraiser,...

A number of Islanders will be ordained as deacons and priests in a special ceremony at Portsmouth Cathedral later this month. Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, will ordain a total of 28 individuals on 28th June. Nathan...

John Keats - whose poems and letters remain some of the most popular and analysed in English literature - penned some of his greatest works right here on the Isle of Wight. Although Keats' wanderings included numerous picturesque localities on...

Police investigating a serious assault that took place on Sea Street in Newport last month have arrested a third man. The latest suspect to be detained is a 24-year-old man from Ryde, who was arrested at the end of May...

Mountbatten Isle of Wight has released a film urging Islanders to write or email in support of their local hospice, as it faces NHS cash cuts of £1.4million in 2026/7. From this Autumn, £600,000 is to be withdrawn from Mountbatten...

This year, Sky presents the Isle of Wight Festival is celebrating 10 years of its partnership with This Feeling as they continue to break new artists at the iconic festival. At this year’s festival, This Feeling stage will host 45 new acts (plus 2...

Visitors to Sandown’s Dinosaur Isle will soon be able to enjoy a more peaceful prehistoric experience, thanks to a new initiative launching this Summer. Starting Wednesday 2nd July, the museum will introduce a ‘quiet hour’ every Wednesday from 09:00-10:00, offering...

Shanklin’s Daish’s Hotel has once again been named among the top 10% of hotels worldwide, after securing a Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2025 - its 11th consecutive year receiving the accolade. The award recognises consistent, high-quality reviews and ratings...