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Freshwater Parish Council has approved a community grant of £3,000 to West Wight Churches Youth Project. West Wight Churches Youth Project brings young people together and connect them with others their own age. West Wight Churches Youth Project has been ...

The Phoenix Choir will be performing at Holy Trinity Church in Bembridge on Saturday 5th October hoping to raise funds for the restoration of the church tower. The choir will be singing from their wide-ranging repertoire of songs from musicals, ...

2 men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a male was seriously assaulted in Ventnor High Street last night (Thursday). It was at around 20:50 that a man in his ...

Newport Cricket Club's 2nds have won the Fred Winter Cup at Newclose, vanquishing Cowes by 75 runs. Having won the toss and electing to bat, Newport put on 177 for the loss of 9 wickets in their 35 overs. Tom ...

A record 70 tennis players competed in August’s annual West Wight Tennis Tournament, in aid of Mountbatten Isle of Wight, raising an amazing £3,184. Matches were played on courts across the area and the big final took place at Westover ...

Cowes Golf Club ladies brought home the Knight Cup earlier in the month after securing victory at Skylark Golf Club. The morning semi-finals kicked off with Rachael Terry from North Hants teeing off first, followed by Jude Ferris from Cowes. ...

Cowes Enterprise College proudly hosted the annual Isle of Wight Science Festival this Summer, an event dedicated to igniting students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. The festival, themed around 'lighting a spark', brought together twenty-three local ...

Those in support of saving Brading Primary School say that it is becoming 'more and more obvious' that the Council's process of shutting 6 Isle of Wight schools is 'fundamentally flawed'. Members of Save Brading School say they are becoming ...

Official reports examining the severe flooding that affected Newport, East Cowes and Ryde last autumn are now available to read online, with it now known that a total of 317 properties were subject to flood damage. Roads, homes and businesses ...

New data from the Department for Transport has revealed that 292 people were injured on the Island's roads last year, 103 of them seriously or fatally. Last year there were 4 fatal, 99 serious and 189 slight injuries recorded compared ...