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The Isle of Wight Council has released a map showing the diversion route from Newport to Cowes during the forthcoming roadworks at Horsebridge Hill, which will get underway next Monday. The temporary diversion will come into effect on Monday through ...

The National Trust has announced that, for the first time, the Long Room at Mottistone Manor has been opened to visitors. Once known as the Great Hall of the Elizabethan manor house, the Long Room has remained closed to the ...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested, questioned and bailed in relation to a large-scale fight involving weapons that broke out after a boxing match in Newport at the weekend. As first reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight ...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for information after a man indecently exposed his genitals at 2 teenage girls in Cowes on Sunday night. The teens were in the park at Cowes recreation park off Park Road at ...

Former team members of the Plessey Sunday League side recently commemorated the 40th anniversary of winning Sunday League Division 1 and Isle of Wight Albany Cup in 1985 at the Isle of Wight Community Club. The Plessey Sunday League side ...

6 junior members of Ryde Rowing Club travelled to the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham on Saturday (26th April) to represent the Wessex region at the Junior Inter-regional Regatta. A further 8 juniors rom Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club competed - ...

A pair of barns on a farm south of Ryde could be transformed into 3 homes. Eric and Claire Smillie are seeking prior approval to convert 2 barns at Whitefield Farm, off Ashey Road and south of Ryde. Each of ...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested after leading Police on a pursuit through the residential streets of Carisbrooke and Gunville in a stolen car yesterday evening (Monday). It was around 19:00 that a red Vauxhall Astra made off from officers ...

Double Trouble clinched top position in the opening race of the UKOPRA Offshore Powerboat Championships around the Isle of Wight, with an impressive average speed of 99.35mph. This is a remarkable achievement from the Falmouth-based team, who dedicated countless hours ...

The Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society (RIWAS) and award’s sponsor CLA are inviting nominations for this year’s Isle of Wight Rural Awards ahead of the closing date later this month (31st May). The 2025 RIWAS Isle of Wight Rural ...