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There will be ‘no big bang change’ in the way mental health provision is delivered on the Island when services merge with the mainland next year, health bosses have said. It comes as the new Hampshire and Isle of Wight...

Denbigh House Dental Practice in Ryde has announced that they have won the top prize at the prestigious National Dentistry Awards. At an event held in Leicester in November the team won and were highly commended, as the ‘Best Team’...

An Isle of Wight couple — who were ordered to leave their holiday home after using it as a permanent residence — have submitted another bid to stay there, now temporarily. The pair were found to have breached planning conditions...

Calbourne & Shalfleet Railway Station had a tranquil, rural West Wight existence until closure, when mysterious happenings occurred halfway along Elm Lane... The official name 'Calbourne & Shalfleet' caused disputes between the 2 villages as the sign on the platform...

A man who exposed himself to 2 women on the Cowes - Newport Cycle track back in the summer, sexually assaulting one of them, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Laurence Marsden, 24, of Bernard Road in Cowes, appeared...

Local headlines from 30, 100, 110, 120, 130, and 140 years ago, including a 'disgraceful' paternity case in which a villainous Victorian impregnated his under age servant girl before returning her to the Workhouse. 30 years ago (1993) DANGEROUS TOP...

An Isle of Wight preschool has been highly praised by Ofsted, being marked ‘Oustanding’ in all areas, following an inspection in October. Children are incredibly kind and demonstrate impeccable behaviour at the pre-school at St Helens, which adjoins the Primary...

The Fairlee Fireworks event has once again been cancelled, this time on safety grounds. Fireworks were due to be let off from North Fairlee Farm on Sunday evening. The event has been cancelled once already following adverse weather at the...

Sandown Town Council marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in December, with the start of work on its’ changing places facility at Eastern Gardens, Sandown. Internal and external work planned for the facility is to start over the...

The foot crossing at Pig Leg Lane in Ryde has been upgraded this week with new lights installed. Brand new red and green lights with an audible alarm were installed on-site at the crossing near Ryde St Johns earlier this...