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Plans for new facilities at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown - to house 2 very special brown bears - has been signed off by the Isle of Wight Council, with the bears set to arrive on the Isle of Wight ...

Some Isle of Wight households have either not received their 2025/26 recycling and waste collection calendars or have received incorrect versions - and the Council say Islanders missing their booklet need to request a new one. While the majority of ...

Wightlink is operating a shuttle service using a single charter vessel on its Ryde Pier Head-Portsmouth route until Tuesday - but only until 18:00 each day - due to the breakdown of both Fastcats.  The Bank Holiday weekend has got ...

The RAF's iconic Reds Arrows could return to Ryde for Armed Forces Day, helping to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Last year marked a historic first as the Red Arrows soared over Ryde Sands, performing breathtaking manoeuvres that ...

A 28-year-old man from Sandown has been handed 8 penalty points and ordered to pay more than £220 after fleeing the scene of a crash outside Lynnbottom tip last August. Toby Redpath, of Cliff Way, appeared before Isle of Wight ...

A large-scale search involving multiple Coastguard resources is underway tonight (Friday) - thought to be in response to a distress alert. Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter is conducting a thorough search of The Solent from The Needles to the West of ...

The gates to Ryde’s once-popular children’s splash park will remain closed once again this year, for the fourth Summer in a row, but there is some hope on the horizon. The Isaac Hayward Play Area, which first opened in the ...

Southern Water is celebrating a record-breaking year for leak-busting - thanks to new technology on the streets and in the control room. The old way of finding a leaking water main was by pressing one end of a rod to ...

Upset with the former education cabinet member, who led contentious plans to close 6 Isle of Wight primary schools, has been made clear as Jonathan Bacon has lost his seat on Brading Town Council. Cllr Jonathan Bacon garnered the fewest ...

Binstead Primary School pupil Teddy Hobbs is the proud winner of Mountbatten Isle of Wight’s Schools Walk medal design competition. In assembly, on Friday 25th April, Mountbatten’s Deputy CEO, Becky McGregor, presented Teddy with the first medal to feature his ...