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Almost 15,000 homes and businesses in Ryde and Newport can now order Full Fibre broadband through the Openreach network, with the town of Sandown next in line. Openreach engineers have been hard at work to bring ultrafast broadband to more...

County Hall has voted to support people who have been in care, a group facing ‘significant barriers that impact them throughout their lives’. Last week most councillors backed Councillor Debbie Andre’s motion to assist ‘care experienced people’ who the Local...

One of first signs of Spring - Elm Blossom - will arrive on the Isle of Wight in the next few weeks. Soon elm trees the length and breadth of the country - including right here on the Island -...

The Isle of Wight Council has been told it must start declaring how many potholes it is fixing and at what cost - or lose vital cash from the Government. From mid-April, local authorities across England will start to receive...

An interim proposal on how local government reorganisation should impact the Isle of Wight is to be submitted to central Government. The interim plan, agreed by the Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet, is the culmination of a series of meetings...

Emily Brothers - who stood in the 2024 General Election as a prospective candidate for the Isle of Wight East - has been confirmed as the Labour Party’s candidate in the forthcoming Lake North by-election. Brothers - born in Liverpool...

An Arreton man who crashed into a stationary vehicle after he consumed alcohol at a local pub has been banned from the roads for 28 months. Paul Smith, 67, of Hopkins Walk in Arreton, admitted drink driving and assault by...

Various properties on the Isle of Wight were successfully sold at Clive Emson's March auction. Currently let at £48,469.96 per annum, a freehold block of 9x 1-bedroom flats at 11 Leed Street, Sandown, went for £375,000. Freehold with vacant possession,...

Contentious revised plans for a new seafront cafe in Bembridge have been met with renewed opposition. Bembridge Parish Council (BPC) joined Island Roads and a neighbouring resident in objecting to hospitality business SE-View’s updated plans for a cafe at Kingsmere,...

The Isle of Wight is gearing up for a full day of Mod, Ska, and Punk as March of the Mods returns for its 10th anniversary on Saturday 29th March 2025. This popular charity event, which has raised over £1million...