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The Apollo Theatre in Newport is to welcome ex-Land Girl Doris, 96, to the audience of their production of 'Lilies on the Land' - which tells the stories of a group of women who worked on the land during World ...

The Leader of the Isle of Wight Council has said that the Island needs an operational floating bridge which stops wasting Islanders' money. At a Cabinet meeting last night (Thursday), it was agreed that the local authority will explore replacing ...

15 county lines drug-dealing networks were dismantled and 64 arrests were made during an intensification week focused on tackling drug-related harm and violence. County Lines means to deal drugs using mobile phones, usually from large cities to towns and rural ...

The weekend has got off to a bad start for Red Funnel customers with vehicles trapped on board Red Eagle for an hour - which has in turn led to delays for those leaving the Island. It’s understood a technical ...

Both Cowes Sports and East Cowes Vics will be hoping to reignite their campaigns to achieve playoff spots in their respective divisions today (Saturday). In the Wessex Premier, 8th-placed Cowes Sports - who are 4 points behind 5th-placed Brockenhurst but ...

Another of the Island's prolific criminals, Timothy Young, has avoid prison but has been fined £120 after admitting stealing more than £60 worth of groceries from The Little Cow Shed in Havenstreet last month. Young, 56, of Spring Gardens in ...

Armed Police were deployed to Lake earlier this evening (Friday) amid fears a man was in possession of a gun. Multiple units responded out of Newport at speed - heading through Arreton to The Bay - shortly after 17:15 following ...

Thieves smashed their way into Ryde's Superbowl earlier this week in a bid to steal alcohol from behind the bar, just days after an extensive refurbishment was completed.  The incident occurred shortly after 23:00 on Wednesday night (13th March), prompting ...

A boat lift has sunk into the ground leaving a yacht balancing precariously at a boatyard in East Cowes today (Friday). The incident occurred at the Kingston Boatyard in the North Wight town. It is thought that the crane was ...

Cooking fumes have been blamed for an emergency response to Oakfield in Ryde earlier this afternoon (Friday). 2 fire appliances from Ryde and 1 from Shanklin were mobilised to a block of flats on Slade Road at around 16:00 over ...