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With the cost-of-living crisis continuing, housing associations Sovereign Network Group (SNG) and Southern Housing are now partnering with the Isle of Wight Council to help island residents find work and improve their career prospects. This new partnership will see the...

29-year-old Callum Steele, who crashed his car on the dual carriageway but then failed to report the single-vehicle smash, has been found to be in breach of a Crown Court suspended sentence order. Steele, of Victoria Avenue in Shanklin, appeared...

Adam Clark's missing bangle looks like this... Thieves stole the personal possessions of players - including mobile phones, wallets and car keys - at a football game between Shanklin and Ventnor Reserves at the County Ground on Green Lane yesterday...

A freehold block of 19 lock-up garages on the Island is to be auctioned next month, with a guide price of £120,000-£130,000. The garages, at the back of 31 Whitepit Lane, Newport and let at £9,120 per annum, are among...

A Cowes woman who crashed her car whilst more than 3x the drink-drive limit is to be sentenced in March, less than 3 years after her previous drink-drive conviction. Natasha Cavanagh, 38, of St Andrews Street in Cowes, admitted drink...

A former garage workshop in Sandown could be transformed into a gym run by local business CrossFit IOW. Planning permission is being sought by James Dixon of Crossfit IOW Limited to transform the industrial unit at College Close into a...

5 Degrees North 5 Degrees North - a local alternative 3-piece band - are set to release their debut single 'Now I Know' on 31st January. The 16-year-old musicians have been writing and performing together for just over a year....

Following the launch of the Isle of Wight’s first oyster regeneration project in October last year, UKSA has now made it part of the sustainability modules on its education courses.  The Cowes-based charity, which provides life-enhancing water-based adventures, education, and...

An Island charity which has been supporting children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing for almost 40 years is launching an appeal for volunteers after seeing demand for its services increase. The Isle of Wight Youth Trust...

The way Isle of Wight Councillors talk to one another, as well as to staff, has been raised as an issue at County Hall. It comes as the council agrees to sign up to the Local Government Authority’s ‘Debate Not...