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Australian Air Charter Operator Torres Strait Air has indicated that it will order 10 new Islander aircraft from Britten Norman as part of a 5-year fleet renewal programme valued at $25million - and the aircraft will be built here on...

A 19-year-old drink driver was caught by Police as he went to pick up a Domino's pizza for him and his girlfriend, a court has heard. Bradley Simmonds, of Jeals Lane in Sandown, pleaded guilty to drink driving when he...

A 24-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of murdering Tommy Barton in May of this year has been released without charge. It was during the early hours of Sunday 28th May that Police responded to an incident on Park...

Plans for Police forces to relentlessly pursue criminals and improve visibility and responsiveness have been welcomed by local MP Bob Seely in the same week that it is announced Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is set to receive an...

A pop-up Co-op store at the Isle of Wight Festival was forced to throw out food after hygiene inspectors raised concerns and slapped it with a ‘major improvement necessary’ rating. A recently released report from the Isle of Wight Council...

The main road between Ryde and Sandown is set to be closed at Brading High Street tonight (Wednesday), impacting those heading to and from Sandown's illuminated carnival. Island Roads are undertaking carriageway repairs between 19:30 and 23:00, resulting in the...

A 34-year-old man has been convicted of raping a woman who told him multiple times she did not want to have sex with him. Louis Fletcher, formerly of Cheltenham Road in Paulsgrove and Abbeydore Road in Portsmouth, assaulted the woman...

25-year-old Calvin Aggar has admitted 3 counts of making an indecent photograph of a child. Aggar, now of Francis Avenue in Southsea but previously of Copse Lane, Freshwater, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of making indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child...

The ‘clock is ticking’ to find a solution to the authority’s children’s services dilemma, the Isle of Wight Council leader has said. Councillor Lora Peacey-Wilcox, who is also the new education lead, said the authority has 5 months until Hampshire’s...

South Western Railway (SWR) has confirmed that further strikes mean there will be no Island Line service on Friday (1st September). In addition to the RMT Union strike last Saturday (26th August), members of the ASLEF Union will take strike...