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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...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed that they have been unable to investigate what started a devastating house fire in Brading last week (Friday 1st December) because the building isn't yet structurally safe. As first reported...

Entries to The Island Car Centre Sandown Sprint - which is to come speeding into The Bay on 20th-21st April 2024 - are to open next Friday (15th December). Taking place on Culver Parade on the 3rd weekend of April,...

A teenager has pleaded guilty to burgling a residential garage in Newport and breaching a child abduction warning. Roobin Jones, aged 19, broke into the garage – which was attached to a house in Chatfield Lodge – in the early...

The same tongs being used to handle raw and then cooked chicken and a staff member not washing their hands after handling raw burgers are just some of the factors that saw The Kebab House in Newport handed a 1-star...

A Gloster Javelin jet fighter from the R.A.F. Armament and Experimental Research Station at Boscombe Down crashed at Rowborough Corner on 8th December 1955. The pilot - Squadron Leader David Dick - radioed that he was baling out over the...

Festive cheer is to make its way to Ryde today (Friday) as the 2023 Merry and Bright event gets underway this evening. The event, which is presented by New Carnival and Ryde Town Council, is an annual event based in...

A recently published report by Beryl has said that 35% of users have reduced the use of their own cars in favour of using an e-bike or e-scooter.  The report surveyed over 3000 people in September 2023 who had signed...

The RNLI was founded in 1824 but after 200 years the bravery and selflessness of its volunteer crews is still essential to save lives at sea. Already, 2023 seems likely to have been one of the busiest years on record...

An Isle of Wight woman, whose ceilings have been ‘ruined’ twice in the last 12 months due to water damage, is calling for Southern Housing to do more. Susan Henderson, 63, lives in Alresford Lodge in Shanklin and has had...