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David Wilson Homes has had a special visit from the Island’s Council for the official opening of the playpark at its Newport development. St George’s Gate in Shide welcomed Councillor Lora Peacey-Wilcox and the Chair of Newport and Carisbrooke Community...

Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Country Watch team are issuing a warning to dog walkers to keep their pets on leads after a number of sheep were killed over the weekend. During an incident on Saturday evening...

36-year-old Harley Gaskin has spoken about how a road traffic collision in Shanklin has left him with life-changing injuries, which has now led to the decision for a below-the-knee amputation. It was on 27th March last year - Mother's Day...

After more than 40-years, a family-run furniture shop in Shanklin is to close later this month. High Street-based Brian Cooke Furnishers has been in the Cooke family since opening back in 1982. Brian Cooke ran the store for years before...

Southampton statue of Palmerston In the first of our series on Isle of Wight MPs, we examine the sometimes controversial life of Henry Temple (Viscount Palmerston) - twice British Prime Minister and MP for Newport in 1807 and 1809. Palmerston...

The Wave Project is looking for the support of the local community to help raise funds to continue their good work on the Isle of Wight supporting young people through surf therapy intervention. Children and young people who are seriously...

A group of parents of children with Special Educational Needs/Disabilities on the Island are raising money to provide resource packs around understanding and supporting kids with SEND to every school on the Isle of Wight.  The packs will include: an...

Organisers of the Chale Show have said they are ready and raring to go to today (Sunday) as the show officially begins following yesterdays cancellation due to adverse weather.  Yesterday, the first day of the popular fun-for-all-the-family event was cancelled...

Alfred Tennyson The official ceremony to dedicate the Tennyson Memorial on High Down near Freshwater took place on 6th August 1897. The famous poet had died 5 years earlier in 1892, aged 83. The dedication ceremony took place on 6th...

A broken down Southern Vectis bus is blocking a main road in Newport Town Centre this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has seen the double decker break down on the pedestrian crossing outside McDonald’s on the corner of St James’ Street...