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Newport's Red Squirrel Property Shop has announced that it is expanding its real estate horizons to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates - and has teased an Isle of Wight expansion too. Red Squirrel says that the team is ready...

Medina Bookshop in Cowes is to host a talk by Bizzie Frost who will be recounting her amazing adventures through deserts on the back of a Harley Davidson. After a botched spinal operation left her partially paralysed aged forty-five, Bizzie...

Wessex Cancer Support, a charity which provides free, local and personalised wellbeing support to anyone affected by cancer on the Isle of Wight and across Hampshire and Dorset, has expanded its services so anyone can access cancer support online.   The...

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh will visit to celebrate the re-opening of Newport Minster next Wednesday following the church's major refurbishment. Prince Edward, who is the Royal patron of the Friends of Newport Minster, will be among 400 specially invited...

Isle of Wight households will be receiving their new annual waste and recycling guide in the post soon, with the booklets set to land on doormats by Wednesday. Each year the Isle of Wight Council produces a handy booklet that...

A Gurnard man who can't remember crashing his Peugeot into railings in Cowes back in February has been banned from the roads for 22 months. Melvin Belcher, 69, of Cockleton Lane in Gurnard, admitted drink driving when he appeared at...

The arrival of Cunard’s latest cruise ship, Queen Anne, has been pushed back a few days with the liner now expected to arrive in Southampton on Tuesday (30th April). Last minute finessing to the luxury liner has seen the schedule...

Platform One has announced Marnie Marie as the winner of the 2024 Wight Noize competition, which is now in its 22nd year. The final took place on Thursday 25th April at Strings Bar & Venue in front of a packed...

Becky Williams, Labour's candidate for the forthcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election, has answered a series of questions ahead of the polls opening on 2nd May. 4 candidates are vying to become the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police and...

The private woodland of Knighton East Wood is being opened up to the public in aid of the Isle of Wight Red Squirrel Trust this coming Sunday (28th April). Islanders are invited to see the fabulous display of bluebells between...