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A new NHS Trust, bringing together community, mental health and learning disability services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, has launched today (Tuesday) aimed at improving services for local patients. The creation of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare...

Wightlink has had to cancel 2 of its late night Fastcat sailings tomorrow night (Wednesday) due to essential maintenance on the boarding ramp at Portsmouth Harbour. The 22:45 sailing from Portsmouth Harbour and the 23:10 sailing from Ryde Pier Head...

Almost 900,000 flu and COVID-19 vaccination appointments are available across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight for those who are eligible for this year’s campaign, which starts on Thursday (3rd October).  Getting vaccinated is one of the best ways to...

The Isle of Wight Festival has been nominated for 'Best Large Festival' at the UK Festival Awards 2024 - and Islanders are being asked to support the event by casting a vote. This year's 4-day spectacular saw headline performances from...

A Cowes couple have appealed an Isle of Wight Council decision to refuse planning permission for an 'intrusive' extension application. Mr and Mrs Galvin want to put in a first and second-floor extension at a building known as The Studio...

Plans to renew dog controls across the Island have gone out to consultation today (Monday) after the Isle of Wight Council let the existing legal orders lapse. Public Spaces Protection Orders, or PSPOs, allow the Isle of Wight Council to...

Representatives of the Solent & Isle of Wight Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) Group recently met with Isle of Wight MPs Joe Robertson (East) and Richard Quigley (West), with both Members of Parliament expressing their support for the campaign....

A drug driver from Ryde who mounted a pavement and collided with a pedestrian had a child in the car at the time of the offence, a court has heard. Robyn Russell, 29, of Slade Road in Oakfield, admitted drug...

The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging Islanders who smoke to take part in Stoptober, this October. Stoptober is back for 2024 and we are calling on people who smoke, across the Island, to join 2.5 million other people across...

A Lincolnshire man who was convicted in his absence after he didn't turn up to his Magistrates Court trial is to be sentenced in November. Matthew Godefroid, 38, of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...