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ISLANDERS BEING ASKED TO PAY 3% MORE TOWARDS FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
Isle of Wight residents could have to pay 3% more towards the running of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service from April, as warnings are issued about its finances in the future. It means the average Band...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT COPPER WHO MADE ‘PRANK CALL’ TO COLLEAGUE FACING MISCONDUCT HEARING
An Isle of Wight Police officer who allegedly made an alarming phone call to a colleague, pretending to be a member of the public, is to face a misconduct hearing next week. PC Benjamin Magee is said to have breached...
Read moreDetailsANNUAL REFIT TO SEE FLOATING BRIDGE SERVICE SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK IN MARCH
An annual refit will see the Cowes Floating Bridge out of service for a whole week next month. Between 05:00 on 4th March and 05:00 on 11th March, the service will be replaced by a launch vessel suitable for foot...
Read moreDetailsTOAD PATROLLERS NEEDED TO PROTECT ISLAND AMPHIBIANS AS THEY CROSS THE ROAD
Amphibian charity Froglife is looking for volunteer toad patrollers to monitor the safe crossing of toads and other amphibians on roads across the Island. At a total of 4 sites, namely Shalfleet, Chale Green, Lower Road in Alverstone and Sandy...
Read moreDetailsMOBILE DENTIST MAKING ITS WAY TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT NEXT MONTH
A mobile dental bus - that will allow Islanders without access to dental services to get their teeth checked out - is to come to the Island in March, it has been announced. As the dental crisis continues here on...
Read moreDetailsPRIORY SCHOOL LEADS ON LOCKING AWAY MOBILE PHONES AS GOVERNMENT REVEALS NEW GUIDANCE
New Government guidance on mobile phones is unlikely to change things at Priory School, which has ensured mobiles are locked away for the past 15 years. It has been announced this week that mobile phones are set to be prohibited...
Read moreDetailsCURTAIN CALL CREATIVE TO PRESENT ‘MAD ABOUT MUSICALS AT SHANKLIN THEATRE
Curtain Call Creative is to present Mad About Musicals - a 2-night event at Shanklin Theatre - on 6th and 7th March. Following the popular productions of Les Miserables and Nativity! The Musical, which delighted full audiences last year, the...
Read moreDetailsLONDON MAN IN COURT CHARGED WITH STALKING ISLE OF WIGHT WOMAN
44-year-old John James Keenan from London has been charged with stalking a woman on the Isle of Wight. It is alleged that a number of incidents have occurred since Tuesday last week (13th February), with the matter being reported to...
Read moreDetails4-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR 35-YEAR-OLD WHO RAPED WOMAN IN RYDE
35-year-old Louis Fletcher has been jailed for raping a woman on the Isle of Wight. Fletcher assaulted the woman - who was known to him - at an address in Ryde on the evening of 15th March 2021, after she...
Read moreDetailsNEW TATTOO STUDIO PROPOSED FOR FORMER ZERO WASTE SHOP IN RYDE
Ryde's Her Whey zero waste shop is on the move and its current premises could become a new tattoo studio. Cross Street’s Her Whey is taking over a new shop in Ryde – though it hasn’t yet been revealed where....
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