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Arts Aid 2025 - a collaboration between Platform One College and Wessex Cancer Support - will return on Friday 9th May, at GG’s Restaurant and Bar. The evening will feature live music composed and performed by Platform One students, the ...

Ryde Town Council are inviting entries for the town’s Community Honours Awards, running in April 2025. The awards are a fantastic opportunity for residents of Ryde to showcase the work of those worthy for a nomination and how they have ...

The sale of the former Yarmouth Primary School to a charity could move one step closer next week. County Hall’s deputy leader, Councillor Ian Stephens, may decide to approve the terms of the sale of the former Yarmouth CE Primary ...

Thanks to the help of Dora, an artificial intelligent telephone assistant, average waiting times for low complexity cataract surgery for patients in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has reduced from 35 weeks at the beginning of January 2024, to ...

A car has left the road and careered through a hedge on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Friday). A blue Ford Fiesta has been involved in the single vehicle collision on Stroud Wood Road between Upton and Havenstreet. It ...

Contentious plans for a new 7,245 square metre commercial and leisure park next to Sandown Airport have been appealed following a refusal last summer. Mr T. Fowler filed an appeal over his proposal for 12 commercial buildings and an aviation ...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (21st February 2025) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 18141 £100.00 3001 £100.00 10311 £100.00 9355 £100.00 6533 £100.00 11898 £100.00 14877 £100.00 9599 £100.00 11033 £100.00 3834 £100.00 17659

Wightlink customers have spoken of delays in excess of 6 hours following the withdrawal of St Clare from service, with disruption continuing to cause chaos on the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route today (Friday). Just 1 ferry - St Faith - is in ...

The Diocese of Portsmouth has begun a process paving the way for a potential Judicial Review of the Isle of Wight Council’s plans to close 3 Church of England schools. A formal ‘Letter before Claim’ has been sent to the ...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the ...