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VENTNOR’S ROUTE 31 SERVICES EXTENDED THANKS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING
Additional funding has been secured for Ventnor's Route 31 bus, with extra journeys being put in place to support residents in Bonchurch, St Lawrence and Ventnor. The Ventnor Town Council-funded minibus service has been in operation for many years, serving...
Read moreDetailsFORCE ISSUES ADVICE ON CONTACTING THE POLICE AS IT PREPARES FOR BUSY SUMMER PERIOD
Summer is always a busy time for policing and while Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has been working hard to make improvements to reduce call times, the force is asking the public to play their part to help ensure...
Read moreDetailsDRINK DRIVER WHO IGNORED POLICE’S WARNING TO BE SENTENCED IN AUGUST
A Ryde man who was told by Police not to drink drive - but then proceeded to do so anyways - could face going to prison. Steven Lawrie, 33, of Slade Road in Ryde appeared at the Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsSOLENT FORTS SUCCESSFULLY SOLD AT AUCTION FOR MORE THAN £1MILLION EACH
No Man’s Fort and Spitbank Fort – 2 of the 3 Palmerston forts located in the middle of the Solent – have sold at auction for more than £1million each. Each fort was listed for auction with Savills after several...
Read moreDetailsCARISBROOKE AND MEDINA COLLEGES TO BECOME ACADEMIES FROM JULY
Parents have been told that both Carisbrooke College and Medina College will become part of the HISP Multi Academy Trust from next month. In a letter to parents today (Tuesday), headteacher Matthew Parr-Burman confirmed that the Isle of Wight Education...
Read moreDetailsAMBULANCE CARE DOG TEAM NOMINATED FOR HSJ PATIENT SAFETY AWARD
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s Ambulance Care Dog team has been shortlisted for a prestigious HSJ Patient Safety Award in the staff wellbeing category. The Care Dog team, initially made up of 12 dogs, was set up in April...
Read moreDetailsKOCHANIE & KOCHANIE TO EXHIBIT AT THE PEER STUDIOS VENTNOR
Art collaborators Kochanie & Kochanie - also known as Mela and Gram Hilleard - are to present their work ‘Ghosts of a Collective Memory and ‘Frames of Time’ at Peer Studios in Ventnor, ahead of the town's Fringe Festival. Gram’s...
Read moreDetailsJUST A WEEK LEFT TO BOOK YOUR COVID-19 VACCINATION
There’s just over a week left to book your COVID-19 jab as part of the NHS' Spring campaign. This year’s spring campaign launched in April, and over the past 8 weeks more than 173,000 people have come forward to get...
Read moreDetailsBOB SEELY VISITS THE ALBION HOTEL AS RE-OPENING DRAWS NEAR
The Albion Hotel in Freshwater Bay is due to open within weeks and Isle of Wight West candidate Bob Seely dropped by to check on progress. The hotel has undergone a multi-million-pound refurbishment since it changed hands early last year....
Read moreDetailsORCHESTRA FOUNDED BY ISLANDER PERFORM WALK ON MUSIC FOR BRITISH BOXER BEN WHITTAKER
An orchestra founded by Island man Simon Ledger produced the walk-on for boxing star Ben Whittaker who fought in front of 15,000 people in South London last weekend (Saturday 15th June). Walsall-born Whittaker, an Olympic silver medallist, came out to...
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