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Timber groynes at Lake and Colwell Bay are set to be restored as part of a major Isle of Wight Council scheme to strengthen coastal defences. 10 groynes at Lake Cliffs, between Small Hope Beach and Littlestairs Steps, and 6...

A female police officer drunkenly groped 2 of her male colleagues on a boozy work night out at Wetherspoons, asked one of them to have sex with her and then sent him an intimate photo, a misconduct hearing has heard....

A barn could be built at an alpaca farm between Newport and Cowes, despite permission being refused by the Isle of Wight Council just over 2 months ago. Richard Hargreaves has applied for planning permission to construct a timber barn...

Cowes Harbour Commission, in partnership with the Corporation of Trinity House, is offering a fully sponsored Merchant Navy cadetship. This programme aims to provide a life-changing opportunity for a young person from the local Cowes area to take the next...

Charities and community-led organisations are once again being invited to bid for grant support from Island Roads’ Isle of Wight Foundation. Each year since 2014, the foundation – comprising the companies behind Island Roads – has awarded grants of between...

A historic Weeping Beech tree, located in Newport’s Church Litten, is to be cut down amid safety concerns. The existing Weeping Beech tree, now over 120 years old, has been deemed no longer structurally safe. In recent months, the tree...

This is how the streets of Gurnard will soon look as work to revamp the roads with new sustainable drainage solutions gets underway this week. The scheme is part of a partnership with Isle of Wight Council and Southern Water...

The owners of an eyesore property in Sandown have failed to carry out improvement works, despite being handed almost £8,000 in fines and costs. Graham Assets Ltd and its company director, Moses Meisels, were prosecuted by the Isle of Wight...

A Newport man who was caught drug driving on a moped has been banned from the roads for 12 months. Benjamin Norris, 20, of Albany Road in Newport, admitted drive motor vehicle with a proportion of specified drug above the...

Bembridge Dental Practice is to close its doors next month, with patients advised to swap to a practice in Newport - a 25-mile round trip. It's said that difficulties in recruiting both dentists and hygienists, rising running and employment costs...