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80 years ago, Islanders greeted Christmas Day 1945 with gratitude, relief and a heartfelt sense of returning normality.

Between now and Friday 2nd January, you will see less news from us than normal. This is to allow our team to take a much-needed break and to recuperate, ready for the year ahead.

Local motorcycle clubs on the Isle of Wight have come together to support Friends of the Animals by delivering a van full of food supplies to the charity’s warehouse in Newport.

Thieves staged a real-life Grinch-style raid on Newport Football Club on Christmas Eve 1995, stealing its safe and thousands of pounds. As festive lights twinkled across the Isle of Wight, criminals were at work at St George’s Park. Under the ...

Yarmouth has been glowing with festive cheer this December, as local shops and businesses once again transformed their windows with dazzling Christmas displays.

BREAKING: A potentially life-threatening medical emergency on a farm has seen the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance touchdown on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Christmas Eve).

Cowes Sports and East Cowes Victoria will meet for the first time in the Wessex Premier Division on Boxing Day at 11:30.

BREAKING: It is set to be a cold start to Christmas Day, so much so that the Island's fleet of gritters will be treating the road network overnight.

BREAKING: Those heading home for Christmas - or perhaps getting in some last minute shopping - are facing significant travel disruption this lunchtime (Christmas Eve) due to suspension of services and cancellations for Wightlink, Red Funnel and Hovertravel.

A Newport pub landlord known for his waist-length hair has gone bald for charity, raising around £2,000 for Mountbatten Isle of Wight alongside 5 of his regulars.