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A new, free festival is heading to Newport on Saturday 7th September as part of the National Heritage Open Days scheme to celebrate the heritage of the Island’s county town. The whole town is getting involved with shop owners discovering...

The Newport Town Centre base of Wessex Cancer Support has been given a new lease of life. Wessex Cancer Support’s Newport centre on Lugley Street provides free personalised emotional and wellbeing support to anyone on the Isle of Wight affected...

A pair of Isle of Wight Councillors are teaming up to launch a campaign group opposing ExxonMobil’s Solent CO2 Pipeline. Councillors Nick Stuart and Claire Critchinson have said the group will be established with a small committee on 11th September...

A 59-year-old man from Ryde has accused the Isle of Wight Council of 'walking away' from his legal right to disability services — but the local authority insists it is trying to help. Former homeless services worker David Moynehan has...

Maintenance works at the entrance to Ryde Pier will affect access to evening ferry services over 4 nights in September. The work on the speed bumps will take place between 19:00 and 05:00 from Monday 2nd - Wednesday 4th September,...

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, great uncle of King Charles III and Governor of the Isle of Wight, was murdered by the IRA on this day 45 years ago - 27th August 1979. Irish Republican killer Thomas McMahon...

Aldi has launched a Back-to-School Fund to support families as around 3/4 (73%) of parents admit they worry about covering the costs of the start of the academic year. As part of the Fund, parents on the Isle of Wight...

Islanders are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. Residents will start receiving letters from the Isle of Wight Council from 29th August. You will be asked...

The ever-popular Sandown Illuminated Carnival will wow the crowds tomorrow evening (Wednesday), with the spectacular costumes of Shademakers UK taking a starring role in the parade. Fresh from their acclaimed show Ad Astra at Shanklin Theatre last month, Shademakers expect to have...

Carisbrooke Priory are to host a concert entitled 'An Evening of Music from Broadway and the Silver Screen' on Saturday 31st August, in their chapel. The band performance is by the John Davidson Quintet, including highly regarded saxophonist, Gary Plumley....