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St Catherine’s School and College, which supports students with speech, language and communication needs, is celebrating its latest Ofsted inspection. Following a joint 3-day Ofsted inspection in January, the special needs school and college, which supports day and residential students...

The Isle of Wight Council, with its waste partner Thalia Waste Management, is supporting the UK’s biggest annual food waste reduction campaign.   Food Waste Action Week 2024 runs until Sunday (24th March) with Islanders being encouraged to 'Choose What...

Residents disgruntled by the state of the roads in Lake have taken action - by planting flowers to highlight the size of a growing pothole. With Spring truly beginning to shine, Ranleigh Road - off Lake Hill - has been...

Following many months of hard work by the Wight Aviation Museum volunteers, the museum re-opened to public visitors on Saturday (16th March). To help celebrate the opening weekend the team gave a guided tour to the Isle of Wight High...

Nearly 40 young riders rode a route around the streets of central Newport, to campaign for children and young people to be able to travel safely and independently by bike last Saturday (16th March). The youngest independent cyclist was just...

Last night's Isle of Wight Council meeting ended with shouting and calls that an ‘undemocratic vote’ was taking place — after a meeting went on every so slightly past 21:00. As part of the Isle of Wight Council’s constitution, a...

An uninsured driver who took his friend's car and drunkenly drove it home was stopped by Police after he sped through a red light in Newport. 24-year-old Billy York, of Sandown Road in Sandown, pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving...

Red Funnel has refused to answer questions about its plans to avoid further disruption moving forward after an apparent decision to remove Red Jet 4 from its operational hi-speed fleet. The Australian-built Red Jet 4 was pulled from service back...

A new campaign to remind young men to CLICK their seat belts, in a bid to shift attitudes and save lives on roads, has been launched this week. Every week, 4 young people aged 17 to 29 years old are...

A Ryde man who admitted crashing his BMW into a cemetery wall whilst drunk has been banned from the roads for 14 months. Gregg Wicks, 33, of Upton Road in Ryde, admitted drink driving when he appeared at the Isle...