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A rapist who slashed the throat of a paedophile whilst they were both locked up behind bars at HMP Isle of Wight has been handed a life sentence. 32-year-old Jack McRae, from Southampton, threw a jug of boiling water over...

Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council is inviting local residents to help shape the future of their community by participating in a survey that will inform the new strategic plan and forthcoming budget. The survey aims to gather as many responses...

Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has launched an online hub that provides advice, guidance and information to anyone who is concerned about sexual violence, abuse, or harassment to help everyone in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight feel safer....

A Memorial Quilt to raise awareness of people with living experience of suicide and bereavement arrived on the Island earlier this week (25th November). The 'Speak Their Name Memorial Quilt' will be on display at Aspire in Ryde High Street...

A row over election expenses has broken out within Shalfleet Parish Council, with one councillor labelling the situation 'anarchy'. Following an at times tense Shalfleet Parish Council on 13th November, the authority’s chair Steve Cowley fired an opening salvo at...

The organising committee of the annual Isle of Wight Gilten Market have decided to cancel this year's event in light of the spread of Blue Tongue disease. The market – which is the Island’s historic Christmas Fatstock Show where the...

Pregnant women across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are being urged to get their COVID-19, flu, RSV and whooping cough vaccinations ahead of Winter months. Two thirds of pregnant women across the region are yet to have their flu...

A self-confessed 'scumbag' who has over 100 theft and kindred offences on his criminal record has been ordered to pay compensation to the Co-op. Paul Smart, 38, of Orchardleigh Road in Shanklin, admitted a single count of theft from a...

A planning appeal has been launched over a rejected application to keep items related to the construction of a shelved ‘cider and chocolate’ tourist attraction at Hale Common. Carlton Developments Ltd has appealed a rejected bid to keep a barn,...

338 knives were seized and 20 knife-related arrests were made by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary during a recent week of action - Operation Sceptre. Op Sceptre ran between 11th and 17th November with intensified police operational activity carried...