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Chief Executive of Mountbatten, Nigel Hartley MBE, has announced he will retire in October 2025 after spending over a decade with the hospice organisation. Nigel joined Mountbatten in 2015, in the wake of a period of difficulty and challenge for...

Island residents are being invited to help shape the priorities for local health care services in their area over the next 5 years. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare, a new NHS Foundation Trust formed on 1 October 2024, to...

The Isle of Wight Council’s representative for Parkhurst and Hunnyhill said it is “really disappointing” that prison estate roads upgrades have not gone further but public money should be “spent well”, not just fast. In an interview today, councillor Andrew...

Parents from Godshill, Arreton and Wroxall Primary schools are putting a proposal to Isle of Wight Council for their 3 schools - all earmarked for closure - to be merged. The parents believed that if their own schools could not...

'Critical' Ryde Railway Pier strengthening and refurbishment works are set to go ahead. Following an approved listed building consent application, Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd will carry out works in Zones 1 – 3 of the structure which is part of...

The Isle of Wight Council is urging residents to be vigilant of fraudulent SMS messages being circulated. There are various messages being sent circulated claiming to be from official bodies, including. Stating you are eligible for £900 from Household Support...

The Isle of Wight played a very significant role in the development of the hydrofoil in the 20th century. On 24th July 1968, The Times 'Hovercraft & Hydrofoils special' included the following statement: "The hovercraft and modern hydrofoil are both...

A Shanklin teenager who admitted several counts of possessing and distributing indecent images of children has been handed a community order. Jamie O’Neil, 19, of Culver Road, previously admitted 3x possession of a photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and 3x distribute...

Women born in the 1950s from the Isle of Wight, are expected to join thousands in Westminster to protest against the way increases to their State Pension age were communicated. The WASPI women – or Women Against State Pension Inequality...

Xen Aviation - a domestic operator based in Georgetown Guyana - has finalised a deal to acquire its first Britten-Norman turbine powered Islander. The aircraft will be used by Xen Aviation to enhance regional connectivity and support its planned commuter...