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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has announced that nominations for the Wilder Awards 2025 are now open. The Wilder Awards celebrate everyday heroes who are making space for nature, helping wildlife thrive and inspiring action - from chalk ...

Bembridge Harbour played host to the annual Bembridge Gig Fest over the weekend, with rowers from across the South Coast taking part in the Isle of Wight’s only fixed seat rowing festival. Organised by Bembridge Harbour Authority and Yarmouth Gig ...

A developer has filed an appeal over proposals to a flat proposal Isle of Wight planners rejected as ‘substandard’ due to carbon monoxide fears. Dev Thakrar’s statement refutes safety concerns the council cited in its refusal of his proposed 2-bedroom ...

A power outage in the West Wight has left nearly 1,400 customers without electricity this morning (Thursday). Locals living in Totland and Colwell have been without power since around 10:00. As many as 106 postcodes in the area have been ...

Households on the Isle of Wight will benefit from extended financial assistance with the cost of food, utilities, and wider essentials thanks to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) extension of the Household Support Fund (HSF). Available from early-June ...

Music, beer and cider lovers enjoyed a 'festival' weekend, alongside raising vital operational funds for a local charity WightSAR. Isle of Wight Search and Rescue (WightSAR), supported by the amazing team at Waverley Park Holiday Centre, East Cowes, held a ...

4 women from Cowes will set off on a 1,600-mile rally from Surrey to Spain next Wednesday (25th June) to raise funds for the Isle of Wight's Mountbatten Hospice. The team is taking part in the Wacky Rally - a ...

Temperatures are set to reach highs of 30c across the Isle of Wight over the next few days, leading to a dry and hot Isle of Wight Festival, which has prompted the Isle of Wight NHS Trust to remind festivalgoers ...

The Isle of Wight Council has spent an eye-watering £500,000 in just 4 months housing a vulnerable 10-year-old boy in an 'illegal' care home - an arrangement described by a judge as 'wholly inadequate'. The placement, which has cost the ...

Disgraced former Wootton councillor Daryll Pitcher has returned to local politics as the election agent for Vectis Party candidate Graham Perks in the upcoming Wroxall, Lowtherville and Bonchurch by-election. The former Vectis Party leader took a sojourn from active politics ...