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Scottish and Southern Electricity Network engineers are working into the night this evening (Sunday) to fix a fault which has left the traffic lights on one of the busiest junctions on the Island powerless. A cable fault has caused the ...

A petition in which residents of Ventnor are calling for currently closed roads to be opened now is gaining significant traction. The petition - which was only launched by Tom Fahey on Friday - has already amassed more than 1,000 ...

99-year-old Alec Penstone - who was on the beach in Normandy on D-Day in 1944 - is currently in France an event marking the 80th Anniversary of the invasion. Alec, who lives on the Isle of Wight, was one of ...

Take That fans who had been watching the boyband at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton were left scrambling around in their attempts to get back across the Solent last night (Saturday). Cross-Solent operator Red Funnel announced last week that they ...

A team of Old Rydeians, parents and friends departed to participate in the 30th anniversary of the prestigious Flanders Open Rugby 10s Tournament in Dendermonde, Belgium earlier this month. Apart from the hosts, the Old Rydeians - a group of ...

Adults at The Way Forward Programme are to take to the stage when they deliver a performance of their show ‘Thank you for the Music' at Medina Theatre in June. Based on the hit musical/film Mamma Mia but with an ...

At the most recent Ryde Town Council meeting, Ryde Timebank was officially launched. The Time Bank aims to strengthen community ties and joins a national network supported by Timebanking UK. Ryde Timebank brings a fresh approach to connecting people through ...

It was a busy 24 hours for Bembridge RNLI who responded to not 1 but 2 shouts. The East Wight based lifeboat was first requested just before midnight on Friday (31st May) by Solent Coastguard to support RNLI Hayling Island ...

Did you know that the Solent is the site of the only colony of seals in the whole of the South East of England? It is only comparatively recently that seals started breeding in the Solent, with the first 2 ...

A driver who 'dangerously' overtook Police officers last night (Friday) is being sought after fleeing the scene. The car stopped at Yaverland car park, but the owner didn't hang around and took off into a field. The yellow Mini was ...