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Assistant Chief Coastguard Richard Hackwell officially opened Needles Coastguard Rescue Team's new station at Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater on Saturday night. The occasion was well attended by current and former team members, family, friends and colleagues from HM Coastguard and ...

League leaders Ryde C met their main rivals Ryde Rankers who are in 2nd place in the table. The tight match which would have been expected did not materialise, and the C team won by 9 games to 1. Despite ...

Care home residents at Ryde's Hazel Lodge were treated to a 'hee-haw-larious'' time when a duo of friendly donkeys from the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary came for a visit last week. Hazel Lodge is a nursing home in Ryde ...

Hovertravel has suspended its cross-Solent service this lunchtime (Thursday) as adverse weather moves in, with both Wightlink and Red Funnel warning of the potential for disruption over the coming days too. With winds picking up and driving rain sweeping across ...

Wight Eagles made it into the next round of the Hampshire Cup with a comprehensive away win at City Ladies in Portsmouth over the weekend. The Eagles started quite flat for the first 20 minutes and struggled to keep possession ...

Sainsbury's in Newport will close its in-store café shortly as the supermarket giant looks to make massive cuts, in direct response to Labour's forthcoming Budget. The chain is set to fork out an additional £140million as a result of Budget ...

Isle of Wight darts player Joe Hunt reached the semi final of the PDC Challenge Darts Tour on Saturday (18th January), in the 4th Challenge Tour event of 2025 at Milton Keynes. The tour sees those who miss out on ...

Fire crews have responded to a small electrical fire at Quarr Abbey on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Thursday). It was just before 10:30 that 4 appliances from Ryde, Newport and Sandown were mobilised to reports of smoke coming ...

A 28-year-old man remains in custody for questioning after an alleged assault on a woman in Sandown yesterday evening (Wednesday). Police were called at about 17:35 to reports of a man assaulting a woman on Pier Street. No injuries were ...

The Friends of St Mary's Hospital donated over £27,000 to the Island's only hospital last, all thanks to the Island community's generous donations, volunteering and fundraising efforts. The money handed over to St Mary's helps support services and purchase equipment ...