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Yet more mindless vandalism has forced the closure of toilets on Ryde Esplanade and has left the town council with a big clean-up bill. The gents toilets at Eastern Gardens, near Cornwall Slip, have been closed up - just as ...

A down-on-his-luck Island man who tried to evade Police by jumping a wall into a cemetery has been handed a 6-month conditional discharge. Martin D'Arcy, care of Arctic Road in Cowes, admitted possession of a controlled drug of class-B when ...

Around 100 residents attended a meeting at Gunville Methodist Church on Thursday (25th April) to discuss the impact of the flooding in the area which took place last Autumn, and to see what could be done to prevent it from ...

A prolific criminal who stole a crate of beer from The Co-op has been ordered to pay compensation of £11.50. Kevin Greenwood, 44, of West Street in Ryde, admitted theft from a shop when he appeared at the Isle of ...

In the opening episode of series 2 of Coastguard: Search and Rescue SOS - which aired on Channel 5 last night (Sunday) - the spotlight was shone on the investigation that followed serious boat crash in Totland back in 2022. ...

The L25 submarine Commander Maurice William Bailward was charged with negligently stranding Submarine L25 in the Needles Channel at a Naval Court Martial in Portsmouth on 29th April 1924 - 100 years ago today. The L25 was a sister-ship to ...

As part of his campaign for better ferry services, Island MP Bob Seely has written to Wightlink to ask a series of questions. In the letter, Mr Seely highlights the decline in Wightlink services, the levels of disruption caused by ...

A crash at a crossroads on the main road between Newport and Yarmouth is causing traffic delays this afternoon (Monday). Emergency service personnel were called to the scene at Vittlefields at around 16:30 following reports of a crash at the ...

A 16-year-old boy from the Island who was jailed for 7 years for terrorism offences earlier this month, has today (29th April) been sentenced further for various non-terror related offences including 8 counts of possession of an offensive weapon in ...

Donna Jones, the Conservative candidate for the forthcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election, has answered a series of questions ahead of the polls opening on 2nd May. 4 candidates are vying to become the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police ...