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Island Roads will be using the summer holidays to undertake highway improvement work on several roads that serve local schools. Among the roads to be improved during late July and August are The Fairway at Lake which leads to The...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (2nd August 2024) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 9906 £100.00 13749 £100.00 4733 £100.00 17837 £100.00 17682 £100.00 4506 £100.00 8718 £100.00 12024 £100.00 13139 £100.00 16010 £100.00 3711

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the Isle of Wight Council has launched a consultation to consider changes to the Local Council Tax Support Scheme. Nearly 10,000 Islanders receive council tax support this way, including those in work but below a...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...

The Isle of Wight Council is urging people using pay and display machines to be careful after a fake QR code was stuck to a machine in Yaverland. Customers scanning the code at the Yaverland Car Park machine reported the...

The Galeón Andalucía will visit Cowes and dock at Trinity Landing in September. Among its creaking timbers, the Galeón Andalucía tells the story of the legendary Spanish galleons of our time? The Isle of Wight public will get the opportunity...

East Cowes' Central Store is to close later this month it has been announced. The store located on Well Road - just a stone's throw from both The Co-op and Waitrose - is to close permanently on the 12th August....

Anyone with an interest in the grisly history of murder and detective work is welcome to join author Angela Buckley as she celebrates the launch of her new book The Bermondsey Murder at Medina Bookshop in Cowes on Thursday 8th...

Artist Kathy Williams has created an art installation combining drawing and paintings from local community groups and St Francis school into abstract shapes and colour, reflecting themes of shelter, safety and belonging.  The result is ribbons of colours, drippy walls,...