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37-year-old Cheryl Maitland - a mum of 5 from Newport - has been banned from driving after being caught over the drink-drive limit in Yarmouth last month. Maitland, of Maple Drive, appeared before Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court on Friday...

The deputy mayor of Shanklin Town Council has resigned, citing inaction over Big Mead Pond’s dangerously low water and suggesting a rift with the town’s mayor. Councillor Adrian Whittaker’s resignation letter on 31st July said that several important projects had...

A total of 6x 2-bedroom houses meeting the ‘needs of the local area’ could be built in Cowes, behind the town's football ground. Jack Reynolds has applied for planning permission to build 6 homes with car parking on land next...

A new physiotherapy clinic has opened in Wootton, offering expert musculoskeletal care led by Chartered Physiotherapist Marie Brown. Haven Physiotherapy, located on Brannon Way, is the creation of husband and wife team Marie and Tom Brown. The clinic provides a...

The Isle of Wight Distillery has marked a decade of its Mermaid spirits range with a packed celebration at the Sugar Store in Shepards Marina, Cowes. Guests at the venue enjoyed entertainment, including acrobatic displays and dance performances by Arts...

Bembridge Parish Council has withdrawn its objection to The Point's seaside premises license after councillors visited the site and ‘changed their mind’. At the end of a packed Bembridge Parish Council (BPC) meeting at the Village Hall last Friday, councillors...

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...