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The annual schools Mock Trials Competition was held on Saturday 7th December despite the horrendous travelling conditions and huge disruption to the ferries. This annual event has become a firm fixture in the schools' calendars and has resulted in over ...

Following on from the successful solar park near Shalfleet, Wight Community Energy – the Island’s only community-owned energy generator – is now searching for candidate rooftops to host solar panel installations. As part of their ongoing commitment to expanding clean ...

A bid to build 14 houses on land near Cowes has provoked mixed responses from parish and town councils in the area. Northwood Parish Council objected to the application for 14 residential units on land at Comforts Farm off Pallance ...

There is no excuse for drink or drug driving - that's the message from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary as officers target those driving while impaired this Christmas as part of Operation Limit. The campaign comes at a time ...

A year ago today, on 10th December 2023, the Island witnessed one of the worst landslips in local history when a large land mass off Leeson Road in Ventnor slipped away. It was at around 21:30 that emergency services - ...

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A trio of men have been arrested by undercover police officers after an alleged high-value shoplifting incident in Lake this morning (Monday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were alerted to reports of a shoplifting incident at Lake ...

Over £3,000 has been raised on GoFundMe to support promising young footballer Cian McGee, who fractured his spine in a serious car accident on Friday 22nd of November. Cian - who plays for Oakfield FC and has previously appeared for Binstead ...

A Cowes mother was reunited with her 17-month-old baby - who had been kidnapped at gunpoint - on 9th December 1974. 32-year-old Rosamonde Heib had chased the man in her nightdress after he had snatched her baby Helmut, but the ...