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An independent opticians in Cowes is celebrating a major achievement as a key team member successfully completes her optical apprenticeship, with further team development in the pipeline. Charlotte Haynes’ accomplishment is the result of 18 months of dedication through Woodspeen...

Keen homebuyers on the Isle of Wight are gearing up for the launch of a brand new large-scale, all-affordable homes scheme. Applications for the first phase of Shared Ownership homes are due to open imminently at Three Oaks in Newport,...

An Isle of Wight village’s harbour could get a new 19.7m houseboat with 27 rooftop solar panels. Peter Mikkelsen applied to County Hall to assemble Avocet III in Bembridge Harbour next to Embankment Road along with the prior installation of...

More than 70 driving offences were identified in the space of 2 days as part of proactive efforts to tackle offences on the Isle of Wight’s roads. Over the course of 18th and 19th February mainland-based Roads Policing Unit (RPU)...

From boxing to brunches, fashion to football, parties to popstars and wakes to weddings - GGs is an available-for-hire venue that offers it all... Centrally located on Staplers Road, Newport and incorporating both Stirrups and the Island Riding Centre arena,...

Police are looking into reports of anti-social behaviour, including the smoking of drugs, at a nature reserve in Seaview. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has been made aware of issues arising at Hersey Nature Reserve at Seaview Duver, in...

Office space in the heart of Newport could be converted into 2 new ‘first-time buyer flats’. Jon Carter submitted a prior approval application to County Hall to convert ‘general office space’ on the first and second floors of 31 High...

The sale of the former Yarmouth Primary School to a charity could move one step closer next week. County Hall’s deputy leader, Councillor Ian Stephens, may decide to approve the terms of the sale of the former Yarmouth CE Primary...

Thanks to the help of Dora, an artificial intelligent telephone assistant, average waiting times for low complexity cataract surgery for patients in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has reduced from 35 weeks at the beginning of January 2024, to...

Contentious plans for a new 7,245 square metre commercial and leisure park next to Sandown Airport have been appealed following a refusal last summer. Mr T. Fowler filed an appeal over his proposal for 12 commercial buildings and an aviation...