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The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging the development of assisted living accommodation as there is a major shortfall on the Island. Assisted living or extra care housing allows older people to retain their independence for longer — not in ...

An alcohol-dependent town councillor has been convicted of drink driving after crashing his electric car into a number of other vehicles in an underground car park - whilst more than 4x the drink-drive limit. 62-year-old Thomas Hanley, of West Hill ...

A full entry has been secured for this year’s Sandown Sprint, sponsored by Island Car Centre, which will once again see 100 competitors taking part in high-octane action along Culver Parade. The Isle of Wight’s speed trial is a motor ...

The way decisions are made on the Isle of Wight Council will remain the same — for at least another year — after a move some have dubbed ‘undemocratic’. At a meeting this Wednesday, councillors were set to decide whether ...

Gritters are to be deployed across the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Tuesday) and again some 12 hours later. Island Roads' gritters will leave their Stag Lane depot at around 16:00 this afternoon with another run to commence tomorrow morning ...

The postmaster at Cowes Post Office has given notice to leave at the end of March, sparking the hunt for a replacement. So far, the Post Office has been unsuccessful in filling the post and is now appealing to local ...

Most people think that ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ is the first Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice show, but it wasn’t, they wrote ‘The Likes of Us’ back in 1965 and it's coming to Trinity Theatre, Cowes later this year. ...

Missing man Chetan Patel Police and HM Coastguard were once again searching the Forelands area of Bembridge this morning (Tuesday) as efforts to locate missing Slough man Chetan Patel continue. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary's Marine Unit ...

Ventnor RFC beat bottom club Alresford at Watcombe Bottom on Saturday (13th January). It was with some alarm that the large crowd at Watcombe watched Ventnor fluff their lines at the first kick-off and go down to an early try ...

The driver of a Kia has been taken to St Mary's Hospital this morning (Tuesday) after crashing their car onto its side in Freshwater. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to the scene on Middleton in Freshwater, shortly ...