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A by-election to contest a vacant Isle of Wight Council seat will be held on 1st May. With Suzie Ellis no longer Central Rural’s Conservative County Hall representative, voters in the ward will soon be able to head to the...

Nurseries across the Isle of Wight are facing a financial crisis as rising National Minimum Wage costs, National Insurance increases and restricted funding policies push providers towards closure. The latest Department for Education (DfE) funding rule changes - particularly restrictions...

A jury inquest into the death of Niton man Paul Whitehouse - who was fatally crushed by a falling tree back in 2020 - concluded that the 42-year-old died by misadventure. The inquest into the death of Paul Whitehouse, of...

A 30-year-old Isle of Wight man, who was captured on CCTV kicking the staff section door at Newport Bus Station, has pleaded guilty to charges of criminal damage and theft. Andrew Downard, of Union Street, Ryde, appeared at Isle of...

Bath Road in Ventnor could remain closed for months, if not years to come, as the Isle of Wight Council and Island Roads say the risk of a further collapse of a stone wall means the road should not be...

A Welsh man has denied a host of historical child sexual assault charges allegedly committed against a child under the age of 14. Paul Dewarne, of Royal Oak Drive in Newport, South Wales, appeared at Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court...

Roy Shiner is recognised as the Isle of Wight's greatest ever footballer. He scored 107 goals in 196 Football League appearances at an average of 0.55 goals per game - a comparable strike rate to that of Gary Lineker. By...

A Shanklin woman found in possession of both cannabis and heroin let out a loud gasp as she was sentenced at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier this week. Louise Robinson, of Atherley Road in Shanklin, admitted possession of...

A blind badger that had regularly been spotted in and around the centre of Ventnor has sadly been put to sleep by vets. The unfortunate badger had frequently been seen by local residents in the vicinity of Zig Zag road,...

Gladys Mary Farrell - the wife of an Isle of Wight man - was acquitted of manslaughter of her 9-month old daughter on 8th March 1950. Mrs Farrell - who had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge - was...