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One of the Island's largest schools - still known to most as Ryde High - looks set to change its name from Ryde Academy to Lift Ryde, it has been announced. Academies Enterprise Trust, which runs the Pell Lane school, ...

The Isle of Wight Council has ordered the owners of the Grand I listed Norris Castle in East Cowes to make urgent repairs within the next 4 weeks. The authority's planning enforcement team, working with the conservation special projects officer, ...

A section on the main Cowes to Newport Road at Northwood is to be resurfaced by Island Roads shortly, which will lead to travel disruption for those heading in and out of Cowes. The stretch between Coronation Avenue and Chawton ...

A Welsh sex offender who head-butted a prison officer who was escorting him back to his cell has been told to pay the emergency worker £300 compensation. Ethan Owen, 30, of HMP Parc in Bridgend, admitted assault by beating of ...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has come under fire from its own workforce after announcing a significant increase in charges for staff parking permits. Currently, staff pay between £8-14 per month in order to park at their place of ...

Children and young people on the Isle of Wight are putting their lives at risk by entering derelict buildings, says the Isle of Wight Community Safety Partnership (CSP), which is calling on parents and carers to help educate their children. ...

Gunwharf Quays’ owner, Landsec, has submitted a planning application to Portsmouth City Council for the third phase of its £45million investment to give visitors an enhanced shopping experience. Phase 3 of the investment will focus on Central Square, a high-footfall ...

Space above the former Carphone Warehouse store in Newport could be converted into flats. The Isle of Wight Council has received an application for the creation of 2x 1-bedroom flats above the former shop on Newport High Street. Applicant Mr ...

A wanted male who was pursued through the streets of Sandown by Police when he made a run for it at lunchtime today (Wednesday) has been taken into custody. PCSO Webb spotted the 53-year-old suspect in the town shortly after ...

Junior crews from the Ryde Rowing Club took 3 first places at the Itchen Imperial Rowing Clubs Junior Regatta on Saturday (28th September). The rowers competed over a short 450-metre course on the River Itchen, Southampton. Racing was mainly in ...