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Local headlines from 30, 100, 110, 120, 130, and 140 years ago, including a 'disgraceful' paternity case in which a villainous Victorian impregnated his under age servant girl before returning her to the Workhouse. 30 years ago (1993) DANGEROUS TOP ...

A multi-agency operation has been taking place off the coast of Luccombe over the last 24 hours, was to locate a missing person, who has since been found. The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter was first called to Shanklin ...

An Isle of Wight preschool has been highly praised by Ofsted, being marked ‘Oustanding’ in all areas, following an inspection in October. Children are incredibly kind and demonstrate impeccable behaviour at the pre-school at St Helens, which adjoins the Primary ...

A road traffic collision (RTC) involving multiple vehicles is blocking a main road in Ryde this lunchtime (Saturday). The accident has involved at least 3 vehicles including an Audi, a Citroen and a Mini. The airbags on the French car ...

The Fairlee Fireworks event has once again been cancelled, this time on safety grounds. Fireworks were due to be let off from North Fairlee Farm on Sunday evening. The event has been cancelled once already following adverse weather at the ...

Sandown Town Council marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in December, with the start of work on its’ changing places facility at Eastern Gardens, Sandown. Internal and external work planned for the facility is to start over the ...

A flood alert has been issued by the Environment Agency (EA) for the St Johns area of Ryde today (Saturday). The Environment Agency is warning that Flooding is possible for: Monktonmead Brook at St Johns Road, St John's Station and ...

The foot crossing at Pig Leg Lane in Ryde has been upgraded this week with new lights installed. Brand new red and green lights with an audible alarm were installed on-site at the crossing near Ryde St Johns earlier this ...

Hovertravel services on the Solent have been suspended this morning (Saturday) as a result of adverse weather. All services on the Ryde - Southsea route are suspended until at least 08:45, when a further update is expected. Those who have ...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed that they have been unable to investigate what started a devastating house fire in Brading last week (Friday 1st December) because the building isn't yet structurally safe. As first reported ...