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BREAKING: Police and paramedics are in attendance in Shanklin where a suspected 'stabbing' has taken place.

The union is now calling for more central government funding to improve local resilience against wildfires and to improve response times.

Isle of Wight RFC's second team marked a welcome return to action with an impressive 34-12 victory over local rivals Ventnor II at Wootton Rec on Saturday (10th October).

Isle of Wight RFC maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a commanding 55-7 victory over Winchester III at Wootton Rec on Saturday (10th October).

Wight Hot Pipes will return to Medina Theatre next month for the ever-popular Medina Tattoo Charity Concert, raising money for Aspire Ryde.

Triathletes battled cold sea temperatures and strong currents in Cowes yesterday (Sunday) as the Wight Tri Summer Series came to a close with the Club Championships Triathlon.

BREAKING; 2 teenage boys from Ventnor have been arrested on suspicion of arson.

Playing cards have carried kings and queens for centuries, but the people pictured on them have a complicated history. French card makers gave their royal figures names, artists changed their appearance, and politicians even tried replacing them. The standard deck ...

The RSPCA says the reduction could spare nearly 1billion land animals from lower-welfare farming, save up to 3billion wild-caught fish used for animal feed.

A scheme to transform a community centre into a facility for educating children with special educational needs (SEN) will be ruled on by Isle of Wight councillors.