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Discount retailer Poundland is to move its Ryde premises up the High Street to the vacant M&Co later this year. The new premises - located less than 100m from the current Poundland - has been empty since M&Co closed in...

The Island's largest electric vehicle and green technology show will return to the Isle of Wight College this weekend (Sunday 30th July). After the highly successful inaugural event in 2022, which saw almost 1,000 people attend, it promises to be...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has shared his delight about the news that a new £76 million fund from the Government will support vital services from charities and community organisations, with more to come soon. The new funding, available...

Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Donna Jones has called for all licensing authorities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to make CCTV mandatory in Hackney carriages and taxis (private hire vehicles). The Commissioner submitted a deputation to the Gosport...

The Friends of St Mary’s Hospital have funded £2,500 of equipment for a new sensory room on Seagrove Ward, a psychiatric intensive care unit which is part of the the Sevenacres facility. The sensory room is a non-clinical therapeutic environment...

A serving prisoner who spat in the face of a guard who had just given him some food has been ordered to pay compensation of £50. Mylo Rose, 31, of HMP Isle of Wight, pleaded guilty to assault by beating...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has recently completed its 12,000th air rescue mission in a little over 16 years since it first launched. Starting on 1st July 2007, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has...

New figures have revealed details of the allowances paid to members of the Isle of Wight Council - in short, how much your local councillor gets paid to represent you and your community. Overall, the Council paid out more than...

An Isle of Wight nursery has been given the highest possible rating by the government’s education watchdog demonstrating a huge improvement in the past year. Clever Cloggs Day Care in Carisbrooke has jumped from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Outstanding’ in just...

Heartbreaking figures released by the RSPCA as part of its Cancel Out Cruelty campaign have revealed 32 cat cruelty complaints were made on the Isle of Wight last year. Nationally, last year, there were almost 18,000 cat cruelty complaints* reported...