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Seasonal entertainment from talented Isle of Wight singers and musicians has been getting Wightlink’s customers into the Christmas spirit during their crossings between Portsmouth and Fishbourne.  This year’s entertainers were the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra string quartet and solo ...

Dover Park Primary School gathered at All Saints Church in Ryde last Thursday to celebrate its inaugural and unforgettable Christingle Service, raising money for local charity and the church. All Saints was packed to the rafters with children, parents and ...

Donations being collected at one of the Isle of Wight's best Christmas lights displays will help fund WightSAR's search and rescue efforts in 2024. The volunteer team from Isle of Wight Search and Rescue paid a visit to the Bannock ...

North Wight Neighbourhoods Policing Team are keen to identify him after they received a report of a shoplifting incident in Waitrose, East Cowes. The incident happened at approximately 14:30 on 8th December, and it’s reported that a man entered the ...

A man who ran from Police has been arrested, questioned and bailed after officers seized suspected stolen goods and pliers yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Shortly before 15:00, officers engaged with a man in Newport who subsequently ran away. Officers followed and ...

Sandown's Christ Church hosted a seasonal carol concert with Sandown and Shanklin Military Band, with the packed congregation singing along to a medley of carols with festive songs, following their successful evening at St Paul's in Shanklin. The Band played ...

A range of intervention projects across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to prevent crime are to get underway, with more than £60,000 awarded to Isle of Wight-specific projects. Preventing gambling addictions, increasing street pastor patrols, more CCTV and helping ...

Firefighters from Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor and Newport were mobilised to reports of a kitchen blaze at a hotel in Ventnor overnight. The fire in an outbuilding to the rear of The Royal Hotel, which was caused by a cooker ...

31-year-old Edward Lale has been remanded in custody and will spend Christmas in prison after being charged with several offences relating to an assault in Shanklin on Tuesday. It was during the early hours of 19th December, at around 01:00, ...

Police searching for missing Slough man Chetan Patel have turned their attention to Culver Down, overlooking Sandown Bay. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary deployed resources to the area yesterday (Wednesday) as part of ongoing enquiries to locate the 56-year-old ...