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An Isle of Wight village’s harbour could get a new 19.7m houseboat with 27 rooftop solar panels. Peter Mikkelsen applied to County Hall to assemble Avocet III in Bembridge Harbour next to Embankment Road along with the prior installation of ...

7th-placed Newport face 6th-placed Fleetlands in Wessex Division 1 at Beatrice Avenue this afternoon (Saturday). The teams from 2nd to 5th place compete in the playoffs; however, 5th-placed Hamworthy United are ineligible for promotion. Port are 3 points behind Fleetlands ...

More than 70 driving offences were identified in the space of 2 days as part of proactive efforts to tackle offences on the Isle of Wight’s roads. Over the course of 18th and 19th February mainland-based Roads Policing Unit (RPU) ...

A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm following an incident at a block of flats in Brading this afternoon (Friday), in which a woman received a leg injury. Police were called to Lower Furlongs at ...

From boxing to brunches, fashion to football, parties to popstars and wakes to weddings - GGs is an available-for-hire venue that offers it all... Centrally located on Staplers Road, Newport and incorporating both Stirrups and the Island Riding Centre arena, ...

Police are looking into reports of anti-social behaviour, including the smoking of drugs, at a nature reserve in Seaview. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has been made aware of issues arising at Hersey Nature Reserve at Seaview Duver, in ...

Wightlink has brought its St Clare car ferry back into service following yesterday's double engine failure. Engineers have worked around the clock to carry out repairs, which has proven successful. As a result of the hard work, St Clare will ...

Office space in the heart of Newport could be converted into 2 new ‘first-time buyer flats’. Jon Carter submitted a prior approval application to County Hall to convert ‘general office space’ on the first and second floors of 31 High ...

Ventnor Cricket Club is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion, England cricket legend Matthew Hoggard is heading to Steephill. In great demand as an acclaimed speaker on the after-dinner circuit, Matthew was a fast seam ...

The discovery of a sinkhole - reported to be 12ft deep - has led to the closure of a main road through Totland today (Friday). Island Roads was called out to The Broadway this morning amid concerns for public safety ...