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A community grant of £5,000 has been handed over to FYTbus by Freshwater Parish Council, continuing the council's support of the vital local service. FYTbus was founded to fill a gap in local transport left by the withdrawal of some ...

Cornwall beat the Isle of Wight by 4 wickets with just 7 balls remaining in a 2-day U18 game at Newclose earlier this week. In their first innings on Monday, the Isle of Wight hit 188 runs before being skittled ...

A partnership between local voluntary sector organisations on the Isle of Wight has been shortlisted for a ‘Place-based Partnership & Integrated Care Award’ at the prestigious national Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards for its groundbreaking work on the Isle of ...

Captiva Homes and the Isle of Wight Council have won a battle against a judicial review into the granting of planning permission for 473 new homes in Ryde, paving the way for the West Acre Park development to finally get ...

Freshwater’s Memorial Hall was packed out on Tuesday evening for an impassioned discussion on the proposed mixed-use development at Heathfield Road. Spectators and participants were overflowing out of the entrance to the village hall to listen to and contribute to ...

Police are appealing for the public's help in locating 18-year-old Chris Koppany, who has gone missing from Ryde. Chris was last seen around 19:00 last night (Thursday) at Binstead beach. His family - and the authorities - are extremely concerned ...

29-year-old Jake Millmore has kept his licence, but has been slapped with 7 penalty points, after 'panicking' and speeding away from Police. It was on 1st June this year that Police saw a male - who they believed to be ...

A yellow weather warning for heavy and potentially torrential rain has been issued for the Isle of Wight for tomorrow (Saturday). IW Met Service says that a small area of low pressure will run northeast from the Bay of Biscay ...

A major search and rescue operation to locate a vulnerable teenager continues with 4 lifeboats, 3 Coastguard teams, WightSAR, Police, a Police boat and a Coastguard helicopter all involved. It was during the early hours of this morning (Friday) that ...

Local Isle of Wight farmer, Brian Moralee of APS Produce, recently starred in M&S’ latest Farm to Foodhall campaign alongside Tom Kerridge. APS Produce has been growing M&S’ Isle of Wight tomatoes in Arreton for nearly 20 years, with over ...