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Parents and parents-to-be on the Isle of Wight can now access expert parenting support anytime, anywhere with the launch of free premium access to the Anya App. Isle Of Wight Council's Family Hubs and Start for Life Infant Feeding Programme...

TV and radio presenter Jamie Laing is to host this year's Isle of Wight Chamber Business Awards, it has been announced. The annual awards ceremony is the most important night in the Island’s business calendar and is presented with WRS...

A closed barbers in the heart of Shanklin could be turned into a new tattoo studio. A planning application has been lodged with County Hall for a change of use of 52B High Street, Shanklin. The building was previously home...

Southern Vectis is giving youngsters a chance to go green and take their mums on the bus for free this Mother’s Day (Sunday 30th March). The Island bus operator will provide complimentary travel for mothers travelling on Sunday 30th March...

Students from the Isle of Wight College have achieved outstanding success at the prestigious MEI Maths Regional Final, held at the University of Sussex’s Brighton campus last Friday (21st March). The competition brought together some of the most promising young...

More than 18 months after a crash wiped out the village's Grade II-listed red telephone box, residents of Chale are celebrating the return of the iconic kiosk. It was in July 2023 that a BMW and a Peugeot were involved...

A former Conservative Party member has been appointed the temporary chair of the Isle of Wight branch of Reform UK to oversee the forthcoming local by-elections. Caroline Gladwin, who lives on the Island and joined Reform after quitting the Conservatives...

A Shanklin man who falsely told Police that there was a bomb at Gatwick Airport will learn his fate in May. Richard Herbert, 26, of High Street in Shanklin, admitted bomb hoax - communicating false information, criminal damage, and racially/religiously...

Isle of Wight dance music fans will enjoy a rare chance to see co-founder of The Prodigy, Leeroy Thornhill, headline a night of club classics and rave anthems at Strings in Newport, kickstarting the Easter weekend. As part of The...

An 8-bedroom house in the middle of the seaside town of Shanklin will become a house in multiple occupation (HMO) despite an outcry over the plans. Mr Singh’s planning application to County Hall for a change of use of 23...