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Isle of Wight discus thrower Nick Percy has sadly failed in his bid to reach the Olympic discus final on Wednesday. A throw of 66 metres - or finishing in the top 6 in his qualifying group - would have ...

The Older Persons Good Living Show will return to the Isle of Wight next month, with organisers promising a ‘bigger and better’ event after a successful launch in 2023. The free event, to be held at Sandown Airport on August ...

A lorry has careered into a shop front in Freshwater this morning (Monday) resulting in one of the main roads in the village being blocked. Emergency service crews were first called to Avenue Road at around 09:30 following reports that ...

A new free festival comes to Newport Minster as part of the National Heritage Open Days Scheme to celebrate hidden aspects of the Island’s county town on Saturday 7th September. A number of Newport’s historic buildings will be open for ...

Sandown Mayor Alex Lightfoot receives award from Andy Cassell1996 Paralympic Gold Medallist Paralympic Gold Medallist Andy Cassell and Olympian Richard Jefferies helped launch Sandown Town Council’s new beach accessibility project. The project includes a new Changing Places facility, accessible beach ...

A physical survey to find out what our waste and recycling is made up of will be carried out on the Island starting this month. The waste will be sent in a collection vehicle for sampling at a location on ...

Southern Water is paying for new driveways in an Isle of Wight village so homes and local drains and sewers are protected from deluges of surface water following heavy rain. The company is reimbursing residents of Binstead, near Ryde, to ...

The online casino industry has grown at an exponential rate. Part of this has been down to its game offerings, and the appeal of online slot games. In this article, we discuss how online slots have managed to become so ...

The Isle of Wight has been named as the top place to go for couples looking for a summer staycation, a study has revealed. National chain camping shop GO Outdoors compiled the study, ranking the Island at the top of ...

Mountbatten CEO Nigel Hartley has said that the charity may have to "cut services in the next 18 months" due to a decline in NHS funding. The charity, which runs hospices on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton and ...