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UKSA officially launched the Isle of Wight’s inaugural oyster regeneration project on Wednesday, with the 1st oysters placed in baskets beneath the pontoons in Cowes. The Cowes-based charity, which provides life-enhancing water-based adventures, education, and world-leading maritime training, welcomed children...

Britten-Norman has introduced a new apprenticeship scheme in partnership with the Isle of Wight College. The new apprentices are benefiting from a unique collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Composites, Advanced Manufacturing and Marine (CECAMM) in Whippingham. The arrival...

Toilets at 1 of the Isle of Wight’s most picturesque spots could soon be upgraded after revised plans were submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. The plans to demolish the toilets and build new ones at the National Trust’s...

ALL OF OCTOBER'S PUBLIC EXHIBITION DROP-IN EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. A shortlist of options for 2 vital coastal defence schemes in The Bay has been revealed - but it will take more than 5 years to complete the work and...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has written to the Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan MP, over his concerns about Isle of Wight councillors’ handling of school place planning, as well as issuing a damning statement against the...

A Carisbrooke man has been given 1 last chance to sort out his behaviour after being convicted of yet another shoplifting offence. Ross Minter, 45, of Whitcombe Road in Carisbrooke, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop when he appeared...

Plans to shore up the Isle of Wight’s iconic Military Road have been refused - despite warnings that it has less than 7 years left before it falls away and the coastal road has to be closed. Members of the...

The iconic Red Squirrel is to appear on the new 2-pence piece, The Royal Mint has confirmed. Last week The Royal Mint announced that all 8 British currency coins are to be re-designed to show animals, flowers and fauna found...

Island Roads is continuing an intensive programme of highway improvement activity which means more disruption for motorists, with the closures of busy roads like Ashey Road, Downend, York Avenue, Newchurch and the main road between Shanklin and Ventnor. Autumn is...

The Isle of Wight Council is supporting Recycle Now’s national Recycle Week which runs until Friday. Now in its 20th year, Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling across the nation, encouraging us into recycling more of the right things,...