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A range of intervention projects across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to prevent crime are to get underway, with more than £60,000 awarded to Isle of Wight-specific projects. Preventing gambling addictions, increasing street pastor patrols, more CCTV and helping...

An Island man who has 'lost it all' after he was found to be drug driving has been banned from the roads for 12 months. Daniel Munt, 32, c/o Broadlands House in Newport, pleaded guilty to drug driving when he...

St Mary’s Hospital is asking for support from all its partners, together with Island residents, to get people home as quickly as possible. The Isle of Wight’s Director of Nursing has issued a plea for families to work together with...

Southern Vectis and the Isle of Wight Council have submitted a bid for funding that could see 22 brand new, zero-emission buses arrive on the Island in 2026 to operate between Newport, East Cowes, Cowes and Ryde. The funding, part...

69-year-old Terence Wolfe has been banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay £400 compensation for stealing a car which he then crashed, causing over £2,000 of damage. Wolfe, of no fixed address but previously of Berry Close...

11-year-old Jess Burfitt has been selected for the Team England dance group that will be heading to the Dance World Cup in 2024. Sselected for the England team from over 100 entries, Jess, who lives in Shanklin, has been training...

Controversial plans for new housing near an Isle of Wight nature reserve have been suddenly withdrawn, without explanation.  Outline consent was being sought by Veronica Kelland for around 45 flats and houses to be built in central Ryde, near the...

It could be 2nd time lucky for an Isle of Wight dog walking facility after plans were quashed earlier this year. Plans for the facility in Newchurch were refused but have now been resubmitted, this time in the rural countryside...

It will be some homecoming when the Rev Tom Burden becomes vicar of Ventnor and Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight. Tom grew up in the town and made his lifelong commitment as a Christian in St Catherine’s Church in...

Technical experts have arrived at Bonchurch to carry out an in-depth assessment of the stability of the area following last week's landslide, but there is bad news for affected homeowners. The on-the-ground study, commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council,...