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A plasterer and surfing coach who has since obtained a prescription for medical cannabis has been handed a further driving ban after being caught more than 3 times the legal cannabis limit.

A new code of conduct, more training and a three-year minimum period for holding a driving licence could be introduced under proposed changes to Isle of Wight taxi rules.

The Solent maritime community has come together with the Royal British Legion to mark the Poppy Appeal with a symbolic crossing to the Isle of Wight ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

Yarmouth is set to light up the skies this November as the town's annual fireworks night returns, complete with a torchlight procession and Guy competition.

Women and underrepresented groups across the Isle of Wight are being invited to discover what it's like to drive a bus as part of a special recruitment event hosted by Southern Vectis later this month.

Newport Reserves came from behind to win the first Whippingham Derby at WightFibre Park and move to the top of Isle of Wight Division 2.

Cowes Town Council has formally objected to the latest planning application for the new Cowes sushi resturant.

A community campaign to give Point Beach in Bembridge special bathing water status may soon get the backing of the Isle of Wight Council.

Blackgang grew from a lonely corner of Chale parish into a thriving Victorian resort before landslips gradually claimed roads, houses and hotels.

Ahead next week's Environment and Community Protection committee meeting, the Isle of Wight Council is seeking to once again reassure residents that a range of proposals currently being published in committee reports are options for potential consideration only.