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Father-of-3 Paul Howard was in 'utter disbelief' after bagging himself a new car and cash prize bundle worth nearly £60,000. Paul, who lives in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, won a Land Rover Defender 90 P300 SE worth more ...

Wessex League Newport lost in the Hampshire Senior Cup to professional National League side Aldershot  - who are 5 steps above in the football pyramid - at Beatrice Avenue last night (Tuesday). Port had expected to be playing a young ...

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the pint, Isle of Wight West MP Richard Quigley joined other MPs in raising a glass last week. Members of Parliament came together after it was revealed more than 210,000 people have pledged ...

Former Conservative MP Charles Harvey Combe - who lived in Bonchurch - was swindled out of £3, a court heard on 18th September 1924. Charles Combe was a very wealthy man, who had been a director of the brewery firm ...

Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of a fatal crash that claimed the life of a woman in her 70s back in June, with officers closing a road in Bembridge to reconstruct part of the incident today (Wednesday).  The ...

The Isle of Wight Table Tennis Association (IWTTA) Annual Presentation Evening was held at Ryde Castle on Friday (13th September), with nearly 80 members in attendance. Junior Ryan Cates won 9 trophies, the largest total won since 2014. Ryan's trophies ...

Lauded songster Lyndan Morgans brings his deeply poetic music to Medina Bookshop in Cowes. "Bejewelled lyrics of wit, woe & wonder" wrote Gavin Martin in the Daily Mirror, describing the songs of Lyndon Morgan the frontman of Songdog, and he's ...

The annual Captains Day event took place at Westridge Golf Club on Sunday (15th September). The event included golf with a twist of Crazee Golf and lots of golfing challenges in the form of a 9 Hole Two Clubs and ...

Health has become the core of many actors and narratives, making the world a more health-conscious space from the local to the global level. The town of Solihull in the West Midlands is no different, where health has become a ...

Staff and students at Cowes Enterprise College have marked the end of another incredible Key Stage 3 journey with a celebratory graduation ceremony for Year 9 students.   The event was the culmination of three years of work for the students ...