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    CHILLERTON FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM WITH TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FUN
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    CHILLERTON FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM WITH TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FUN

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
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    WOMAN AND 17-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED AFTER HOLIDAY PARK FIGHT AT THORNESS
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    WOMAN AND 17-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED AFTER HOLIDAY PARK FIGHT AT THORNESS

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    20th July 2025
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    WEATHER WARNING ISSUED FOR GALE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
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    YELLOW WEATHER WARNING ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    20th July 2025
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    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY
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    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
    1
    LATE-NIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCY PROMPTS LIFEBOAT RESPONSE TO NEWTOWN CREEK
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    LATE-NIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCY PROMPTS LIFEBOAT RESPONSE TO NEWTOWN CREEK

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    20th July 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT’S BEST RURAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS HONOURED AT 2024 RURAL AWARDS
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    ISLE OF WIGHT’S BEST RURAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS HONOURED AT 2024 RURAL AWARDS

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    20th July 2025
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    Isle of Wight Heritage

    THE ROYAL COUNTY HOSPITAL IN RYDE – THE ISLAND’S FIRST ‘MODERN’ HOSPITAL

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
    1
    FIREFIGHTERS WORK AT HEIGHT TO REMOVE CASUALTY FROM TOP FLOOR FLAT
    Latest News

    NO FURTHER ACTION AGAINST PENSIONER OVER APRIL’S GUN INCIDENT IN WOOTTON

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    19th July 2025
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    Business News

    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY
    Business News

    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
    1
    NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF – AND FAMILIAR FACE – JOINS BEMBRIDGE’S THE CRAB & LOBSTER
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    NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF – AND FAMILIAR FACE – JOINS BEMBRIDGE’S THE CRAB & LOBSTER

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    18th July 2025
    3
    DAME ELLEN MACARTHUR NEW CHAIRMAN OF YARMOUTH RNLI
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    JOBS AT RISK AS ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC SHAKE-UP

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    15th July 2025
    6
    TRUSTED HOMECARE OPENS NEW ADULT DAY COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE AT BRANSTONE
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    TRUSTED HOMECARE OPENS NEW ADULT DAY COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE AT BRANSTONE

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    14th July 2025
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    MORRISONS LAUNCHES FULLY ELECTRIC ISLE OF WIGHT HOME DELIVERY FLEET
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    MORRISONS LAUNCHES FULLY ELECTRIC ISLE OF WIGHT HOME DELIVERY FLEET

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    10th July 2025
    3
    SOUTHERN VECTIS INVESTS FURTHER IN SKILLS OF ITS ENGINEERING TEAM
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    SOUTHERN VECTIS INVESTS FURTHER IN SKILLS OF ITS ENGINEERING TEAM

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    9th July 2025
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    NEW ART AND COCKTAIL SPACE ‘THE COURTYARD’ OPENS IN TIME FOR COWES WEEK
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    NEW ART AND COCKTAIL SPACE ‘THE COURTYARD’ OPENS IN TIME FOR COWES WEEK

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    9th July 2025
    2
    RED FUNNEL TEAMS UP WITH WRS TO INSTALL NEW POS SYSTEM ON VEHICLE FERRY FLEET
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    RED FUNNEL TEAMS UP WITH WRS TO INSTALL NEW POS SYSTEM ON VEHICLE FERRY FLEET

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    9th July 2025
    2

    Courts

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    LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (7TH JULY – 11TH JULY)

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    17th July 2025
    6
    NEWPORT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ARSON ATTACK ON STRANGER’S CAR
    Courts

    FRESHWATER ARSON VICTIM HITS OUT AT POLICE AND ‘FIREFIGHTER FRIEND’ CLAIMS

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    13th July 2025
    7
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    LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (30TH JUNE – 4TH JULY)

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    11th July 2025
    4
    PROLIFIC SHOPLIFTER WITH MORE THAN 230 OFFENCES ON RECORD JAILED – AGAIN
    Courts

    PROLIFIC SHOPLIFTER WITH MORE THAN 230 OFFENCES ON RECORD JAILED – AGAIN

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    11th July 2025
    2
    COPYRIGHT CASE LEADS TO PRISON SENTENCE FOR SHANKLIN MAN
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    ISLE OF WIGHT TEEN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN GANG ATTACK ON 11-YEAR-OLD

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    9th July 2025
    2
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    POLICE FOUND £33,000 OF CANNABIS PLANTS IN LOFT AND SUMMER HOUSE OF ISLAND COUPLE

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    7th July 2025
    5
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    PAEDOPHILE WHO FAILED TO REGISTER DETAILS IN TIME HANDED JUST £200 FINE

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    6th July 2025
    5
    Courts

    PRISON TIME FOR DANGEROUS DRIVER WHO ‘COULD HAVE KILLED MOTORISTS’

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    4th July 2025
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    THE ROYAL COUNTY HOSPITAL IN RYDE – THE ISLAND’S FIRST ‘MODERN’ HOSPITAL

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
    1
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    THE SUN AT CALBOURNE – IMMORTALISED IN BEST SELLING NOVEL

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    13th July 2025
    1
    SANDOWN ZOO OPENED AT THE GRANITE FORT 70 YEARS AGO
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    SANDOWN ZOO OPENED AT THE GRANITE FORT 70 YEARS AGO

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    9th July 2025
    4
    NEWPORT RAILWAY STATION EXHIBITION NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    NEWPORT RAILWAY STATION EXHIBITION NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    9th July 2025
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    30 YEARS AGO RYDE MAN WAS ELECTROCUTED ON DEATH TRAP TOILET
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    30 YEARS AGO RYDE MAN WAS ELECTROCUTED ON DEATH TRAP TOILET

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    8th July 2025
    6
    ISLE OF WIGHT INQUEST FAILED TO SOLVE MYSTERY OF LORD LUCAN’S DISAPPEARANCE
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    ISLE OF WIGHT INQUEST FAILED TO SOLVE MYSTERY OF LORD LUCAN’S DISAPPEARANCE

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    7th July 2025
    6
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    THE QUARTER-OF-A-MILE LONG ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN VENTNOR

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    6th July 2025
    5
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    THE FOUR WATERING HOLES OF BRIGHSTONE – PAST AND PRESENT

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    29th June 2025
    2

    Planning

    RENTAL FLATS FOR VETERANS COULD BE BUILT ON DERELICT LAND IN NEWPORT
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    RENTAL FLATS FOR VETERANS COULD BE BUILT ON DERELICT LAND IN NEWPORT

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    19th July 2025
    4
    ADA OWNER LOOKING TO OPEN BISTRO-TYPE RESTAURANT IN RYDE’S HIGH STREET
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    ‘RELAXED BISTRO’ WILL OPEN IN EMPTY HIGH STREET BUILDING IN RYDE

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    19th July 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING APPLICATIONS: 12TH OCTOBER 2018
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    ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING APPLICATIONS: 18TH JULY 2025

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    18th July 2025
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    NEW NHS DENTAL CLINIC IN RYDE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR UP TO 7,000 PATIENTS
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    NEW NHS DENTAL CLINIC IN RYDE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR UP TO 7,000 PATIENTS

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    17th July 2025
    1
    CONTENTIOUS BID TO DEMOLISH GARAGE IN SEAVIEW RE-SURFACES
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    CONTENTIOUS BID TO DEMOLISH GARAGE IN SEAVIEW RE-SURFACES

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    16th July 2025
    2
    NEW GUIDANCE AIMS TO PROTECT IDENTITY OF ISLE OF WIGHT’S HISTORIC HIGH STREETS
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    NEW GUIDANCE AIMS TO PROTECT IDENTITY OF ISLE OF WIGHT’S HISTORIC HIGH STREETS

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    15th July 2025
    1
    MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF INVESTMENT IN ISLE OF WIGHT SCHOOLS
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    MOBILE CLASSROOM’S COULD BE UTILISED AT GURNARD PRIMARY SCHOOL

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    14th July 2025
    4
    HOUSE CONVERSION IN TOTLAND COULD RENDER TENANT ‘HOMELESS’
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    CONTROVERSIAL TOTLAND HOUSE CONVERSION APPROVED DESPITE HOMELESSNESS FEARS

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    13th July 2025
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    Property

    24 ISLE OF WIGHT LAND AND PROPERTY LOTS GOING UNDER THE HAMMER IN JULY
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    24 ISLE OF WIGHT LAND AND PROPERTY LOTS GOING UNDER THE HAMMER IN JULY

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    6th July 2025
    1
    FORMER CARE HOME IN VENTNOR COULD BE TURNED INTO 21-BED HMO
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    PLANS TO TURN VENTNOR CARE HOME INTO 21-BED HMO FACE OPPOSITION

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    4th July 2025
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    PARTS OF SANDOWN’S DERELICT OCEAN HOTEL SITE GO UP FOR AUCTION
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    PARTS OF SANDOWN’S DERELICT OCEAN HOTEL SITE GO UP FOR AUCTION

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    3rd July 2025
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    YOUR ISLE OF WIGHT PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – JUNE 2025
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    YOUR ISLE OF WIGHT PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE – JUNE 2025

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    30th June 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING APPLICATIONS: 12TH OCTOBER 2018
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    ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING APPLICATIONS: 27TH JUNE 2025

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    27th June 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTS SELL IN LATEST CLIVE EMSON AUCTION
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTS SELL IN LATEST CLIVE EMSON AUCTION

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    18th June 2025
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    CAR CRASHES INTO FRONT OF DISUSED CHIP SHOP
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    HISTORIC NORRIS CASTLE ESTATE UP FOR £4.5MILLION AMID ONGOING RESTORATION WOES

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    17th June 2025
    2
    MAJOR £18MILLION PROPERTY PORTFOLIO UP FOR GRABS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT
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    MAJOR £18MILLION PROPERTY PORTFOLIO UP FOR GRABS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    26th May 2025
    3

    Readers’ Gallery

    Readersgalleryfeatured30thapril
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 28TH APRIL 2023

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    30th April 2023
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 23RD APRIL 2023

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    23rd April 2023
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 16TH APRIL 2023

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    16th April 2023
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 9TH APRIL 2023

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    9th April 2023
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    Readersgalleryfeatured26thmarch
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 26TH MARCH 2023

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    26th March 2023
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 19TH MARCH 2023

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    19th March 2023
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 12TH MARCH 2023

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    12th March 2023
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 5TH MARCH 2023

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    5th March 2023
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    Lottery

    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 18TH JULY 2025

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    18th July 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    11th July 2025
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    COULD YOU BE A £100 WINNER? ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY PRIZES REMAIN UNCLAIMED
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    WRS STAFF SCOOP £1,500 IN ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY WINS

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    10th July 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 4TH JULY 2025

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    4th July 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 27TH JUNE 2025

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    27th June 2025
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    LONG-TIME PLAYER WAYLAND SCOOPS £10,000 IN ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY WIN
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    LONG-TIME PLAYER WAYLAND SCOOPS £10,000 IN ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY WIN

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    24th June 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 20TH JUNE 2025

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    20th June 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 13TH JUNE 2025

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    13th June 2025
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    CHILLERTON FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM WITH TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FUN

    CHILLERTON FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM WITH TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FUN

    ISLE OF WIGHT BONSAI SOCIETY TO HOST ANNUAL SHOW NEXT WEEKEND

    ISLE OF WIGHT BONSAI SOCIETY TO HOST ANNUAL SHOW NEXT WEEKEND

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    WIGHT STROLLERS TO HOST SECOND SUMMER FUN DAY IN ROOKLEY

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    £13,000 IN WIGHTAID FUNDING WELCOMED BY ISLAND GROUPS

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    CHILLERTON FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM WITH TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FUN
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    CHILLERTON FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM WITH TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FUN

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    20th July 2025
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    WOMAN AND 17-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED AFTER HOLIDAY PARK FIGHT AT THORNESS
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    WEATHER WARNING ISSUED FOR GALE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
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    YELLOW WEATHER WARNING ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY

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    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY
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    20th July 2025
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    LATE-NIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCY PROMPTS LIFEBOAT RESPONSE TO NEWTOWN CREEK
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    ISLE OF WIGHT’S BEST RURAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS HONOURED AT 2024 RURAL AWARDS
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    ISLE OF WIGHT’S BEST RURAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS HONOURED AT 2024 RURAL AWARDS

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    20th July 2025
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    THE ROYAL COUNTY HOSPITAL IN RYDE – THE ISLAND’S FIRST ‘MODERN’ HOSPITAL

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
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    FIREFIGHTERS WORK AT HEIGHT TO REMOVE CASUALTY FROM TOP FLOOR FLAT
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    NO FURTHER ACTION AGAINST PENSIONER OVER APRIL’S GUN INCIDENT IN WOOTTON

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    19th July 2025
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    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY
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    RYDE MAYOR JOINS SPECSAVERS STREET PARTY CELEBRATION FOR 21ST ANNIVERSARY

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    20th July 2025
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    NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF – AND FAMILIAR FACE – JOINS BEMBRIDGE’S THE CRAB & LOBSTER
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    NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF – AND FAMILIAR FACE – JOINS BEMBRIDGE’S THE CRAB & LOBSTER

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    18th July 2025
    3
    DAME ELLEN MACARTHUR NEW CHAIRMAN OF YARMOUTH RNLI
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    JOBS AT RISK AS ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC SHAKE-UP

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    15th July 2025
    6
    TRUSTED HOMECARE OPENS NEW ADULT DAY COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE AT BRANSTONE
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    TRUSTED HOMECARE OPENS NEW ADULT DAY COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE AT BRANSTONE

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    14th July 2025
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    MORRISONS LAUNCHES FULLY ELECTRIC ISLE OF WIGHT HOME DELIVERY FLEET
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    MORRISONS LAUNCHES FULLY ELECTRIC ISLE OF WIGHT HOME DELIVERY FLEET

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    10th July 2025
    3
    SOUTHERN VECTIS INVESTS FURTHER IN SKILLS OF ITS ENGINEERING TEAM
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    SOUTHERN VECTIS INVESTS FURTHER IN SKILLS OF ITS ENGINEERING TEAM

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    9th July 2025
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    NEW ART AND COCKTAIL SPACE ‘THE COURTYARD’ OPENS IN TIME FOR COWES WEEK
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    NEW ART AND COCKTAIL SPACE ‘THE COURTYARD’ OPENS IN TIME FOR COWES WEEK

    Warren Whitmore - Community and Sports ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Community and Sports Reporter
    9th July 2025
    2
    RED FUNNEL TEAMS UP WITH WRS TO INSTALL NEW POS SYSTEM ON VEHICLE FERRY FLEET
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    RED FUNNEL TEAMS UP WITH WRS TO INSTALL NEW POS SYSTEM ON VEHICLE FERRY FLEET

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    9th July 2025
    2

    Courts

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countyhallchambersUPDATED: Members of the Isle of Wight Council’s Conservative Group have tonight exposed what they describe as a “major misrepresentation” perpetrated by the current Independent council administration about the cleaning of the Island’s beaches.

The Isle of Wight Council has recently written to Town and Parish Councils regarding some discretionary services that they will no longer be able to fund. One of these is cleaning of the Island’s beaches and they have asked all the councils for financial contributions. But, during Thursday’s briefing for IW Councillors on the new waste contract, it was confirmed that as the IW Council is a Litter Authority, cleaning the beaches is a statutory duty not a discretionary one.

Cllr Wayne Whittle and Cllr Julie Jones-Evans spotted this during the presentation and it was confirmed by an officer to the members present that keeping the beaches clean is a duty the IWC must perform.

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Under section 89 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 a litter authority must as respects its relevant land, which is open to the air, under their direct control and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access with or without payment, ensure that the land is, so far as is practicable, kept clear of litter and refuse. “Practicable” as opposed to “reasonably practicable” means physically possible without regard to cost. The standard to which they must be cleaned to depends on the character and use of the land.

Cllr Jones-Evans said:

“I am astounded by this news. We’ve have been led to believe for months that the beach cleaning was under threat. Officers have worked hard to come up with a formula to work out what the individual town and parishes could contribute, my own council of Newport was asked for £26,000, despite not even having a beach.

“The recent IWC peer challenge revealed that too much emphasis was being placed on the savings from discretionary services and now the council will have to look at this whole issue again, wasting valuable time.”

Cllr Whittle said:

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“This applies to all land under the direct control of the authority such as open spaces and parks. Only if a Town or Parish has a licence or lease from the IWC would they become responsible for the cleaning.

“The IWC needs to rethink their approach on this issue and look for other ways that local councils can assist in delivering services.”

Conservative Group Leader, Cllr Dave Stewart, says:

“The Deputy Leader of the Independent Group, Cllr Steve Stubbings, has personally met with parish and town councils all around the Island to persuade them to take on discretionary services. My colleagues have now exposed that in fact beach cleaning is a statutory responsibility. I will be calling for an investigation by the Council’s Managing Director into how this major misrepresentation arose.”

The Government’s Code of Practice is very clear in relation to amenity beaches stating:

“Amenity Beaches should be generally clear of all litter and refuse between 1 May and 30 September inclusive. Individual local authorities should decide the level of cleanliness that they are able to provide to any non-amenity beaches, and where practicable, beaches must be inspected from time to time and cleaned as necessary.”

Cllr Chris Whitehouse added:

“Truly astonishing. The Isle of Wight Council has a legal duty to keep our beaches clean but is not being open and transparent about this. A top level investigation into the misrepresentation is clearly urgently required.”

UPDATE MONDAY @ 13:45 – In a statement issued by the Isle of Wight Council today, Luisa Hillard, Executive member for sustainability, environment and public realm said:

“When the council agreed the medium term financial plan in February 2014 it outlined a potential reduction in its budget for beach cleaning of £160,000 per annum from 2015/16.

“The report clearly states that the target position for the council would be for ‘all beaches to be maintained by third parties at their cost or the council to only undertake minimum levels of maintenance to meet its liabilities as the land owner or leaseholder’.

“The council currently meets the minimum levels for the maintenance of its amenity beaches as required by the Environmental Protection Act by carrying out daily handpicking of litter above the mean high water line between May and September. This is the level of service it would need to maintain to meet its liabilities referred to in the report to the Full Council.

“However, above this the council also carries out sand levelling and raking on the amenity beaches using tractors. This ‘mechanical cleaning’ is non-statutory and makes up the vast majority of the beach cleaning budget. There is no requirement for the council to carry out this extra level of work.

“The proposals made to town and parish councils were that they could make a contribution to the costs of maintaining the beaches at the current levels, including mechanical cleaning. Officers have met with representatives of all town and parish councils to outline the position and discuss the implications of any possible changes.

“The council is currently reviewing all of its budget options set out in the agreed medium term financial plan and is keen to understand the position of all town and parish councils with respect to the standards of beach cleaning before it makes any final decisions about future funding.”

Councillor Steve, Stubbings, Deputy Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, added:

“The council is working hard on each of the proposed budget options and a dedicated budget review steering group is looking at a number of issues. Particular attention is being focused on statutory duties, where the council can best add value to the outcomes for the Island with innovative opportunities for change and exploring different delivery models.

“Detailed work is also being undertaken through our organisational change team on the council’s statutory duties in respect of all services.”

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