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The free car parking offered to motorists in short-stay car parks in the Isle of Wight’s county town will stop at the end of the month. It comes as funding has run out for the free parking pilot which saw ...

The prestigious TGI Golf Partner of the Year award has returned to the Isle of Wight as Shanklin & Sandown PGA Professional Peter Hammond clinched the award at a special ceremony. Leading figures from the golf industry attended the event ...

A pony was chased off Appley Beach and onto a main road after being rushed and attacked by a greyhound in Ryde yesterday morning (Saturday). Donna Skeldon from Ryde was riding 12-year-old Georgia along Appley Beach on Saturday morning when ...

AFC Wootton comprehensively demolished a Seaview side lacking a recognised goalkeeper by 9 goals at Wootton Rec yesterday (Saturday). Seaview did well to limit Wootton to a half time 2-goal lead. Harry Collier opened the scoring for Wootton with a ...

The driver of a Peugeot that crashed into a hedge on the outskirts of Brading last night (Saturday), having narrowly missed a barrier, suffered a minor injury. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to Morton Common, ...

A technical issue is causing delays of up to 120 minutes on Wightlink's Fishbourne - Portsmouth vehicle ferry service this morning (Sunday). The tech issue is only affecting those boarding from the Island, with the Portsmouth - Fishbourne service currently ...

Credit - Christopher Jackson Works on the brand-new kiosk at the FastCat terminal on Ryde Pier have been completed. The new-look facilities feature wooden panelling on the exterior and a slate-style roof, offering a more contemporary look than what stood ...

An Isle of Wight woman and a Guernsey woman discovered their husband had been bigamously married for 15 years at an inquest into his death on 18th February 1934. The inquest was held to ascertain the cause of death of ...

East Cowes Vics have recorded their 4th successive victory at 2nd-from-bottom Aldermaston today (Saturday) to go 5th in Wessex Division 1 and reach the play off positions. Vics opened the scoring through Jacob Reynolds in the 36th minute (0-1). However, ...

The hotel engulfed in flames in the early hours of Saturday morning. Bomb Disposal experts have this evening (Saturday) rushed to the Parkbury Hotel in Sandown - which was ravaged by fire overnight - amid fears that an explosive device ...