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A councillor has asked the Isle of Wight Council why no substantial safety work has been undertaken in response to a major accident at Vittlefields Cross back in April 2019. At Wednesday’s Full Council meeting in Newport, Councillor Matthew Price ...

Campaigners against the closure of Brading CE Primary School hosted a community meeting yesterday evening at the town’s St Mary’s Church. The fairly small audience heard arguments for saving the school from Vix Lowthion, a teacher at the Isle of ...

Wight Horse Wellbeing - based at Island Riding Centre - are launching a new therapy service on the Isle of Wight, offering an alternative therapy service to children and young people in need of therapeutic support.  The idea for this service ...

Perfect conditions met the 51 swimmers fundraisers for West Wight Sports and Community Centre on Saturday (14th September), all of whom successfully conquered the challenge of swimming across the Solent. Swimmers set off from Hurst Castle at 07:45, arriving on ...

Worshippers gathered at St. Dominic's Priory in Carisbrooke earlier this week for the annual mass service. This former Dominican Priory was founded in 1866 by Elizabeth, Countess of Clare and was the first (Post Reformation) religious institution to be established ...

The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines Portsmouth are hosting a marching band workshop and have invited the Medina Marching Band, Isle of Wight Air Cadets and other local community bands to attend. The event is being held at Christ ...

Dover Park Primary School recently hosted an exciting ‘Ready Steady Cook’ style competition as part of their ongoing Healthy Eating Drive. The event, which took place on Friday 16th September, saw the headteacher, Jon Kirby, and deputy headteacher, Hayley Roberts, battle ...

A woman in her 30s has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act following an incident in Sandown this morning (Friday), in which a car was destroyed by fire. Police were called at 03:56 to reports that a car had ...

Characters, events and ideologies that have helped shape – and continue to shape – the modern world will be brought to life in a series of fascinating talks at this year’s Isle of Wight Literary Festival. From unmasking spies to ...

Shanklin have maintained their 100% record in the new season by beating Basingstoke at the County Ground. Following the early exchanges, Shanklin took control, creating a number of good chances with Thea Broadhead opening the scoring after being played in ...