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Cowes-based UKSA is responding to the shortage of engineering skills in the maritime industry. The charity is launching an Engineering Crew training course for experienced or new crew who wish to work on small vessels, or enter the superyacht industry...

Ventnor Town Council has ‘strongly objected’ to residential lodges which could be built near the cliff edge in Bonchurch. Councillors agreed on Tuesday that any developer would be ‘crazy’ to take on the project which could see 4x single-storey homes...

Changes in government planning rules will mean a delay in the new Island Plan being presented to councillors, the Isle of Wight Council has said. Cabinet members were due to consider the latest draft of the Island Planning Strategy (IPS)...

Parts of an Isle of Wight town hall are set to be demolished as major regeneration plans move forward. Sandown Town Hall, on Grafton Street, has been empty for more than 5 years but is undergoing work to turn it into a...

A 42-year-old woman accused of careless driving has appeared in court after a crash involving a car and a motorbike back in November. Lauren Beaumont, of St John's Road in Sandown, appeared before magistrates on Tuesday morning charged with causing...

A 22-year-old man who was arrested after an assault in Cowes back in October will face no further action. Police were called to Arctic Road on 1st October to reports of a man having been assaulted with a baseball bat....

Volunteer lifesavers from Yarmouth RNLI have been commended by the charity's Chief Executive for their efforts in saving 2 sailors during the 2023 Fastnet Race. It was on Saturday 22nd July last year, during the 50th edition of the annual Fastnet...

The Reform Party will be fielding 2 local candidates at the next general election. Sarah Morris, from Shanklin, will be representing Isle of Wight East and Ian Pickering, from Freshwater, will be standing for the Isle of Wight West seat....

Cello soloist Finn Mannion will make his debut with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra at Medina Theatre on Saturday 20th January when he will perform Tchaikovsky’s ‘Rococo Variations’. The youngest recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis scholarship,...

Plans to turn Sandown's Melville Hall Hotel into a house are once again back on the table, after some confusion with a previous application. Alan Humphreys, the owner of the hotel, is trying again to seek permission to turn the...