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A broken paddle on the PS Waverley resulted in the steamer breaking down off the coast of the Island last night (Wednesday). The iconic steamer got into difficulty between Selsey Bill and Nab Tower and was seen to drift not ...

Detectives are working to ascertain how a man in his 50s sustained a serious and potentially life-threatening head injury in Ryde overnight. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were dispatched to an address on St Michael's Avenue, Haylands ...

A young male will soon appear in court after being apprehended by Police on an illegal e-Bike in Ryde yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). The rider is alleged to have been seen travelling around the Haylands area at speeds of around 30mph ...

11 past captains and the incumbent Ladies’ Captain of Shanklin Sandown Golf Club, Dawn Hodge, took part in a 9-hole greensomes stableford competition, organised by Dawn’s predecessor, Chris Gould, on Monday (23rd September). The competition was instigated in 1991 by ...

Local youth charity No Limits will be helping teenagers who are persistently absent or at risk of exclusion from education on the Isle of Wight, thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Hampshire & Islands Quakers. Education settings across the ...

The Lord Louis Library in Newport is scheduled to undergo yet more essential maintenance works throughout October, November and December, the Isle of Wight Council has announced. Between Monday 14th October and the end of December, the main library will ...

Wightlink’s annual programme of maintenance for its 8-strong fleet is underway, with the cross-Solent operator set to spend more than £8million this Winter. The ferry company is working to keep all its vehicle ferries, FastCat passenger catamarans and port facilities ...

Work to improve sections of a busy Shanklin thoroughfare is being planned by Island Roads and is set to get underway next week. Landguard Road and Landguard Manor Road are both to be improved during 5 weeks of work by ...

Isle of Wight motorists have noticed a sudden drop in the price of petrol and diesel at forecourts across the Island - and it could go even lower in the coming weeks... Pump prices are the lowest they have been ...

'Please take my piggy bank if you need more money, but don't close my school' - those are the words of 9-year-old Scarlett Maddison-Wigg whose school faces closure following an announcement by the Isle of Wight Council earlier this month. ...