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Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was located with serious injuries in Fishbourne last week in what officers are treating as a possible hit and run collision. Between 23:00 on 28th September and 01:00 on 29th September, colleagues ...

Community centres across the Isle of Wight - as well as Hampshire, Sussex and Kent - can apply for funding from Southern Water to help keep people warm this Winter.  Southern Water is offering 30 grants, worth £1,000 each, to ...

A time-critical rescue operation is underway to help a whale that has become stranded on the beach between Brook and Brighstone. The protected mammal, a Pilot Whale around 10ft in length, was discovered by dog walkers at first light this ...

The popular Santa Dash event is making its return to Ryde this Christmas, it has been announced. The fundraiser, previously managed and run by Mountbatten Hospice, is now in the hands of Ryde & District Round Table. All monies raised ...

Several traffic restrictions affecting East Cowes, Ryde and Carisbrooke will go ahead after the Isle of Wight Council gave plans the green light. Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO) approved on Friday include curbing vehicle access on Spring Lane in Carisbrooke, introducing ...

Cowes Sports and Newport IW kick off at Westwood Park and Beatrice Avenue at 15:00 this afternoon (Saturday). In the Wessex Premier, the Yachtsmen will hope to maintain the momentum from last Saturday's impressive victory over AFC Stoneham when they ...

A Wootton man already serving a 3-year disqualification has had his ban extended after admitting drug driving. Milo Gayle, 28, of High Street in Wootton, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier this week (1st October). Prosecuting, Lauren ...

Wightlink has been awarded Best Ferry Operator 2024 at the National Transport Awards in London. Wightlink carries more than 3.8million people across the Solent each year from its ports at Fishbourne/Portsmouth, Ryde/Portsmouth and Yarmouth/Lymington with more than 140 sailings a ...

The Isle of Wight Council is warning Islanders not to respond to texts about nonspecific parking fines. It said it was aware of a scam in which people are asked to pay a fine or face prosecution. The victim is ...

Grassroots campaigners on the Isle of Wight, at the centre of the campaign against ExxonMobil’s pipeline, have reacted to the firm’s “unbelievable” decision to drop its plans. Key figures who have mobilised opinion and support against the proposals over the ...