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Local youth charity No Limits will be helping teenagers who are persistently absent or at risk of exclusion from education on the Isle of Wight, thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Hampshire & Islands Quakers. Education settings across the...

The Lord Louis Library in Newport is scheduled to undergo yet more essential maintenance works throughout October, November and December, the Isle of Wight Council has announced. Between Monday 14th October and the end of December, the main library will...

Wightlink’s annual programme of maintenance for its 8-strong fleet is underway, with the cross-Solent operator set to spend more than £8million this Winter. The ferry company is working to keep all its vehicle ferries, FastCat passenger catamarans and port facilities...

Work to improve sections of a busy Shanklin thoroughfare is being planned by Island Roads and is set to get underway next week. Landguard Road and Landguard Manor Road are both to be improved during 5 weeks of work by...

Isle of Wight motorists have noticed a sudden drop in the price of petrol and diesel at forecourts across the Island - and it could go even lower in the coming weeks... Pump prices are the lowest they have been...

'Please take my piggy bank if you need more money, but don't close my school' - those are the words of 9-year-old Scarlett Maddison-Wigg whose school faces closure following an announcement by the Isle of Wight Council earlier this month....

The Isle of Wight Council has given conditional approval for plans to develop a brand new film and television studio in East Cowes. Medina Studios Ltd’s development proposal includes 4 sound stages, 2 workshops, production support facilities, parking and landscaping...

A Ventnor hotelier highlighted the 'evil' of Mods, Rockers and Leatherjackets in a letter to the Isle of Wight Mercury on 25th September 1964. That Saturday night, a fight had broken out near Alexandra Gardens, which resulted in several men...

Police are hoping to reunite several stolen items with their rightful owners following a series of burglaries in Ryde last year. It was in September 2023 that David Dunford went on a spree of break-ins with 3 shops targeted inside...

Parents gathered at Cowes Primary School on Monday for a tense question and answer session with Isle of Wight Council officers about the potential closure of the school. Ashley Whittaker, Director of Children’s Services, chaired the evening meeting which discussed...