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Artificial intelligence experts at the University of Southampton are working with the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary to develop machine learning for donkey identification. The technology will enable visitors to the sanctuary to use an app to identify individual donkeys,...

Local MPs, business leaders and community figures condemned the soaring costs, unreliability and lack of accountability of the Isle of Wight's ferry services during the Island Echo/IW Observer State of the Island Debate. The ferry companies faced a barrage of...

A former professional driver who fitted his car with false number plates in an attempt to avoid being caught driving illegally has been banned from the roads for 3 years. Qualified HGV driver Terry Brown, 44, of no fixed abode...

A fundraiser has been launched to support a young motorcyclist from Freshwater who is facing the amputation of his leg following a serious crash near Brook last week. Emergency services were called to Brook Road near Chessell last Wednesday (11th...

Revised plans have been submitted for the development of 9 ‘high-quality, purpose-built family homes’ on disused land in Brading. Cordage 11 Ltd has submitted revised plans to County Hall to construct 1x 2-bedroom house, 5x 3-bedroom houses and 3x 4-bedroom...

It is 'disappointing to say the least' that the need for a full closure of Horsebridge Hill was not publicised at an earlier stage, an Isle of Wight councillor has said. Parkhurst and Hunnyhill representative Cllr Andrew Garratt said that...

The doctors, dispatchers, pilots and paramedics that make up the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance critical care teams have responded to 14,000 missions by helicopter since its first flight in 2007. Combined with its emergency response vehicle deployments,...

Poundland has confirmed the date on which its Cowes branch will permanently close, marking the end of the retailer’s presence in the town. The official closure date has now been set following an announcement last month that the discount retailer would...

A farm barn in a ‘quaint and quiet’ Isle of Wight village could be transformed into a 2-bedroom house. Rachel Capper has made a change of use application to County Hall to convert a vacant barn in Roud, to the...

Hunnyhill Primary School in Newport will soon be known as Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy, as the school will be joining Ormiston Academies Trust later this year, it has been announced. The primary school will be officially converting to an academy and...