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Pet Doctors in Ryde are celebrating their first birthday, and to mark the special occasion, they are inviting the public to an open day event this Saturday (31st May). The event provides an opportunity to meet the team behind the...

More than 150 people attended Southern Water’s ‘Your Water Matters’ drop-in event in Newport last week, where customers had the chance to speak directly with experts about key water issues affecting the Isle of Wight. Held at the Salvation Army...

The Isle of Wight’s new local plan will be changed to include a higher annual housing target, full council agreed last night (Wednesday). In an Extraordinary Meeting, 21 councillors voted for an officers’ recommendation to amend County Hall’s draft Island...

Sandown's former town hall could be brought back into use for ‘young people and the wider community’. A programme of external works to the front, rear and side of the Grade II-listed building on Grafton Street will now go ahead...

Red squirrel sightings on the Isle of Wight have dropped noticeably this year, with far fewer roadkills, garden visits and rescued young being reported - raising alarm among conservationists. Residents who regularly see red squirrels in their gardens have said...

Isle of Wight band Wet Leg have dropped their latest single 'CPR' - a love song with a dark twist - as they continue their high-energy return to the music scene. Fresh from 2 headline shows at London’s Brixton Academy...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...

Finlay Bakewell and Reece Judge have been handed lengthy prison sentences following a violent assault at Newport Bus Station on Christmas Eve 2023. Bakewell, 25, of Cranleigh Gardens in Cowes, and Judge, 23, and formerly of Collards Close in Freshwater,...

A lack of consultation and pre-warning for a set of road closures near Wootton Bridge has left residents 'chasing different companies for answers', an Isle of Wight councillor has said. Councillor Sarah Redrup, the Liberal Democrat representative for Wootton Bridge,...

Journey times between Newport and Cowes have remained relatively stable during the second full week of the Horsebridge Hill diversion, with new data showing fewer long delays and continued progress on construction works. Analysis of 43 journeys recorded between Sunday...