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Whippingham's Priory School once again rolled out the red carpet for the Year 11 leavers in magnificent style. On the afternoon of Thursday 26th June, staff and pupils lined the red carpet clutching an array of musical instruments as the ...

4 gardens in Arreton will open their gates to the public on Sunday (6th July) to raise funds for Home-Start and the Scouts on the Isle of Wight. Visitors will be able to explore a range of beautiful gardens between ...

An Isle of Wight Trading Standards officer has been hailed as one of the UK’s brightest new talents in the battle against counterfeit goods. Emma Honey has been awarded the prestigious ‘Rising Star’ accolade by the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), recognising ...

A developer’s proposal to convert a former Isle of Wight care home into a 21-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) has been met with concerns from Ventnor residents and the NHS. In a submission to council planners, NHS Hampshire and ...

Isle of Wight Council officers say plans for a ‘multi-million-pound’ McDonald’s restaurant should be refused due to it being ‘within walking distance’ of a local school. The proposed drive-thru facility off Newport Road in Lake is due to come before ...

37-year-old Cheryl Maitland will appear before Magistrates after she was caught drink driving in Yarmouth yesterday afternoon (Thursday). It was just gone 15:00 when Police stopped a light blue Renault Scenic near the ferry terminal. With suspicion that the driver ...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (4th July 2025) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 10139 £100.00 10763 £100.00 3021 £100.00 18267 £100.00 17407 £100.00 13920 £100.00 4308 £100.00 5468 £100.00 5416 £100.00 1324 £100.00 4578

An inquest has concluded that an East Cowes man, who was at the centre of a high-profile fatal road traffic collision 20 years earlier, took his own life. 45-year-old Andrew Hodnitt was found dead at 19:30 on 16th January 2022 ...

An equipment failure on board Red Jet 6 has led to the cancellation of 5 commuter crossings this morning (Friday). It’s a bad start to the last day of the working week for those travelling between West Cowes and Southampton ...

Residents in the Monktonmead area of Ryde have written to local MP Joe Robertson urging him to press the Environment Agency for answers over an investigation into the October 2023 flooding that has yet to be published 19 months on. ...