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The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (8th December 2023) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 13242 £100.00 15502 £100.00 16300 £100.00 15550 £100.00 14826 £100.00 12867 £100.00 17530 £100.00 14836 £100.00 5587 £100.00 15246 £100.00 8492

“Sticking plasters” are being used to try to fix the Isle of Wight’s dental crisis including a mobile dental bus and asking existing practices to do more. It comes as a long-term solution is in the works, which is hoped...

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...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...

Steps leading down to the beach at Alum Bay have been closed due to unsafe conditions, amid fears of further coastal erosion. The closure by the Isle of Wight Council has come into effect immediately. Back in March 2023, the...

A young farmer from the Isle of Wight Young Farmers Club (YFC) has been named as a NFU South representative on the NFU’s new Student & Young Farmer Ambassadors 2024 cohort.  Sian Grove, 26, is a first-generation, part-time shepherdess. Despite...

L-R: Old plans, revised plans. Controversial plans to turn the historic Isle of Wight East Dene estate into an aparthotel are no more. Proposals had been on the table since the end of last year to transform the currently empty...

Officers from the South Wight Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) held a Crime Prevention day at The Broadway Centre offering advice and help with Scams, Fraud & staying safe online, joined by local councillors and users of Sandown's Broadway Centre. The...

Fewer houses could be built annually on the Isle of Wight, as the latest changes to a major planning policy are considered. More than 6 years in the making, and having cost hundreds of thousands of pounds in Isle of Wight...

A plan for 2 new houses in Cowes has been branded “sterile and bland” and the scheme has been rejected by the Isle of Wight Council. The owners of 19 Queens Road, in the town’s conservation area, wanted to demolish...