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Staff at Red Funnel will be going without their Christmas bonus this year due to what has been described as a 'difficult' year for the company, with reduced demand, mechanical faults and higher overheads to blame. With less than a...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the applications...

Monday 11th December – Friday 15th December 2023 • Michael Knight, of East Cowes Road, East Cowes admitted breaching a community order by failing to comply with the requirements of said order. The existing order was varied and now includes...

Lloyds Bank has announced that it will be stopping its mobile branch service in Bembridge, Cowes, Freshwater and Sandown by the end of May next year. Following an in-depth review, the decision has been taken to stop the banking service...

Permission has been refused for an Isle of Wight company’s fuel depot despite it being used for 2 years. Solent Fuels was created following the closure of Isle of Wight Fuels in East Cowes back in April 2021, to keep...

4 residential lodges could be built near the cliff edge in Bonchurch - a plan which has caused some local concern. The plans were submitted at the end of November, just days before a major landslip further up the coast...

Aldi has extended its reservation window to pick up surplus food bags via Too Good To Go.   The move will now mean customers on the Isle of Wight can secure a bag up to 24 hours ahead of the...

Donations being collected at one of the Isle of Wight's best Christmas lights displays will help fund WightSAR's search and rescue efforts in 2024. The volunteer team from Isle of Wight Search and Rescue paid a visit to the Bannock...

North Wight Neighbourhoods Policing Team are keen to identify him after they received a report of a shoplifting incident in Waitrose, East Cowes. The incident happened at approximately 14:30 on 8th December, and it’s reported that a man entered the...

A man who ran from Police has been arrested, questioned and bailed after officers seized suspected stolen goods and pliers yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Shortly before 15:00, officers engaged with a man in Newport who subsequently ran away. Officers followed and...