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The Isle of Wight Council says it expects the Cowes Floating Bridge to return to service this lunchtime (Wednesday) following investigation work to determine what caused the latest suspension of service. It's said that the banging noise experienced on Monday...

A jury has heard how the 84-year-old father of Brading man Tommy Barton drove his son to Ryde where he was then 'swiftly and brutally' attacked and killed. 28-year-old Cameron Baker and 28-year-old Rio Scott deny murdering Mr Barton at...

An Isle of Wight hotel which has been empty for years and ‘in a state of decline’ could be brought back to life — but as a private home. It was hoped when the Ventnor Towers Hotel, on Madeira Road,...

The trial against 2 Isle of Wight men accused of murdering Tommy Barton in May of this year is to begin at Winchester Crown Court this morning (Monday). 27-year-old Cameron Baker and 27-year-old Rio Scott each face a single charge...

Hundreds of Islanders gathered in the late Autumn sunshine at St Thomas’ Square in Newport this morning to remember the fallen from 2 World Wars and other conflicts on Remembrance Sunday 2023. On this special day, the Isle of Wight...

After just 5 years on the High Street, Ryde’s Mountain Warehouse is set to close ‘by Christmas’. A closing down sale has been announced by the national outdoor retailer stating ‘everything must go’. Mountain Warehouse took on the prominent premises...

Bembridge Lifeboat Coxswain Charles Searle was recognised for his gallantry and determination at the wreck of the brigantine John Douse on 11th November 1877. That fateful night, it was blowing a hurricane from the south with thick rain. It was...

'I'm grateful for my freedom' - those are the words of a Ventnor man who avoided being sent to prison despite making over 1,000 nuisance calls to the emergency services. Michael Clifton-Smith, 35, of High Street in Ventnor, appeared before...

Local headlines from 40, 50, 60, 90, 100, 110, 120 and 130 years ago, including a postie who fell into a bonfire on Guy Fawkes night. 40 years ago (1983) GLASWEGIAN FOUND GUILTY OF WOUNDING YORKSHIRE RIPPER Glaswegian James Costello...

Car manufacturer Nissan has decided to pull out of the local car sales market, meaning the Isle of Wight will soon no longer have a Nissan dealership. It has been confirmed that Staddlestones in Ryde has been placed on notice...