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GOVERNMENT TO CRACK DOWN ON DISRUPTIVE ROADWORKS UNDER NEW PLANS
There may be some light at the end of the tunnel for Isle of Wight motorists as the Government announces proposals to crack down on disruptive roadworks, particularly those that overrun. Roads Minister Guy Opperman has launched a street works...
Read moreDetailsHOUSING DEVELOPERS COULD SOON BE FORCED TO CONTRIBUTE TO NHS INFRASTRUCTURE
Developers looking to build more than 20 homes on the Isle of Wight may have to stump up cash to pay for doctors’ surgeries. It is in new plans coming forward from the Isle of Wight Council which would see...
Read moreDetailsTRIAL AGAINST TEEN WHO ‘PLOTTED FESTIVAL TERROR ATTACK’ TO BEGIN TODAY
The trial against an Isle of Wight teenager accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired terror attack is to get underway in London today (Monday). The local teen – who is currently legally protected from being identified – was rumbled thanks...
Read moreDetailsMAN WHO REFUSED TO GIVE SPECIMEN OF BREATH PLEADS GUILTY BUT CASE ADJOURNED
A Freshwater man who refused to provide a specimen of breath to officers at Newport Police Station, saying he 'didn't understand what he was being asked to do', has seen his case adjourned at the courts. Benjamin Mercer, 34, of...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT HIPPIES REFUSED TO LEAVE BLACKGANG CLIFFTOP HOMES AFTER 1994 LANDSLIP
30 years ago today Isle of Wight hippies refused to leave their homes on the edge of a precipice at Blackgang, despite Police warnings they were in 'grave danger'. The new age travellers had been lodging in the former nudist...
Read moreDetailsTHE 2 PADDLE STEAMER QUEENS THAT GRACED THE EAST BANK OF THE MEDINA
Did you ever walk back along Mill Lane from the Ryde or Medway Queens in a state of inebriation? If so, you must be at least 50 years old! The 2 paddle steamers were moored at Island Harbour and served...
Read moreDetailsYEAR-LONG BAN FOR DRUG DRIVER STOPPED AFTER POLICE NOTICED BALD TYRE
A Freshwater man who was stopped by Police for having a bald tyre was also found to be drug driving at the time a court has heard. Mitchell Dent, 23, of Dall Square in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to drug driving...
Read moreDetailsINSIDE THE VAULT – NATWEST’S SECURE LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
Bank vaults by their very nature are secretive affairs, but for the first time, the inside of the former Natwest bank in Ryde has been revealed. Photographs have been published in connection with Ryde Town Council's bid to purchase the...
Read moreDetailsBOB ‘NOT HAPPY’ WITH GOVERNMENT’S LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE ISLAND
The Isle of Wight’s MP, Bob Seely, has said he is 'not happy' with the amount of money his Government has given the Isle of Wight Council to spend next year. It comes as the authority’s finance director said it...
Read moreDetailsMAN CHARGED AFTER BEING FOUND WITH KNIFE AND DUMBBELL BAR IN RYDE TOWN CENTRE
A man found with a dumbbell bar and a knife in the middle of Ryde Town Centre has been charged and will appear in court later this month. 30-year-old Sean John Buckland, of High Street in Ryde, was arrested by...
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