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BREAKING: Police have confirmed that 26-year-old Bailey Smith will appear before magistrates next month.

Residents, families and staff from The Elms Residential Home in Bembridge came together this September to raise awareness of dementia and show their support for people living with the condition and those who care for them.

BREAKING: The arrests came after Police received reports of a man being seen with a machete.

John Holdoway is preparing to swim 50 lengths of a West Wight pool in memory of his father-in-law, who died aged 101.

BREAKING: The motorcylist was arrested at the scene...

"Appointing a Marketing Director to lead this organisation is the right decision, and I would rather hand over to the right person than stay in a role the organisation has outgrown."

The death of a man in his 70s at a residential address in Yarmouth is being treated as unexplained.

Some 15 fundraisers, aged between 14 and 85, took on a 100m descent down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower, raising over £6,000 so far to support older people across the Isle of Wight.

Held in Mayflower Park, Southampton the 57th Southampton International Boat Show (SIBS) continues until Sunday the 27th September.

The Isle of Wight has a new blueprint for future development after councillors voted to adopt the Interim Island Planning Strategy (IPS) at a meeting last week.