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Bembridge Parish Council has withdrawn its objection to The Point's seaside premises license after councillors visited the site and ‘changed their mind’. At the end of a packed Bembridge Parish Council (BPC) meeting at the Village Hall last Friday, councillors ...

A prolific thief has been fined £40 after stealing 3 milkshakes from a popular corner shop in Cowes. Roland Tomlin, of Terminus Road in Cowes, appeared before Magistrates on the Isle of Wight, via video link from HMP Winchester, on ...

Major maintenance work to Medina Bridge in Newport - the dual carriageway - has been postponed until next year, Island Roads has confirmed. The work to replace 16 bearings on what is the Island’s longest and most well-used structure was ...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary's new Chief Constable, Alexis Boon, has taken up his position this week with a pledge to put communities at the centre of local policing. Boon joins from the Metropolitan Police, where he led commands ...

An Isle of Wight man has been sentenced for a string of motoring offences committed in the West Midlands, including taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent. John Ward, 43, of Lower Furlongs, Brading, appeared at Walsall Magistrates’ Court on ...

More than 70 'Fatal Four' driving offences have been identified as part of a month-long road safety operation on the Isle of Wight. Operation Spotlight was a targeted national operation with the aim of making the roads safer and reducing ...

Plans to give Ryde's Festival Bar a new outside seating area, creating a more ‘Continental atmosphere’, have been conditionally approved. J.S. Hospitality’s application to expand the Festival Diner Bar on Union Street in Ryde has been accepted by planners who ...

A cyclist in her 60s has been taken to hospital after allegedly being pushed off the sea wall in Sandown in front of shocked holidaymakers, with 1 person arrested in connection with the incident.  It was at 15:10 that Police ...

5 members of the Cowes community have been given special awards in recognition of their extraordinary dedication to the town at an event held at Northwood House. The Mayor’s Awards were issued by Cowes Mayor, Councillor Stuart Ellis, on Monday ...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed on the packed beach at Sandown in response to an emergency in the seaside town this afternoon (Tuesday). It was just before 15:30 that the flying medics were alerted to ...