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23-year-old Alan Cassford has been banned from driving for 12 months after not only crashing his friend's motorcycle, which he did not have a licence to drive, but leaving his seriously injured mate too. It was on the evening of ...

High Park FC are set to return to Island League football in February after being suspended for violent conduct - said to be the 1st such suspension for a local team in almost 40 years. The troubled club received their ...

Sir Charles Seely Photo: Nottingham City Council Said to be one of the first public lending libraries in England, the Newport Technical Institute and Seely Library was opened by Lord Alverstone in Upper St James' Street, Newport on 30th January ...

Cheeky Chimps in Ryde has secured a positive Ofsted rating for more than 2 decades now, after its latest visit. Cheeky Chimps Childcare off Monkton Street was visited by the education watchdog in November last year and again scored ‘good’. ...

The future of green shipping was top of the agenda at a roundtable event convened by Maritime UK Solent recently. Maritime UK Solent invited industry leaders in its network to join regulators to talk about the transition from carbon-based fuels ...

A Ryde man has been charged with numerous shoplifting offences following an incident at Morrison's in Ryde over the weekend. Daniel Jeavons, 32, of Ryde Esplanade, was charged yesterday (Monday) with 4 counts of theft from a shop. All the ...

Ventnor fought back from trailing Christchurch by 13 points to earn a convincing win. Ventnor and Christchurch went at each other from the kick-off without either getting a firm foothold in the game. Ventnor will always try to play rugby ...

Members of the Newchurch Male Voice Choir recently presented a cheque for £1,400 to the Stroke Unit at St Mary's Hospital. Choir members presented Clinical Lead Vickki Owen and Consultant Stroke Nurse Jeannine Johnson with the cheque. This is the ...

Red Funnel has had to cancel at least 3 of its vehicle ferry sailings today (Tuesday) due to a technical issue onboard Red Eagle. It has been announced that the 12:00 sailing from East Cowes has been cancelled, alongside the ...

In a ground-breaking collaboration, Isle of Wight-based Carisbrooke Shipping is joining forces with GT Green Technologies and The University of Bristol to spearhead a revolutionary shift in commercial shipping. Thanks to a substantial £3.7million grant win from the Department for ...