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A festive community celebration is set to bring the spirit of Christmas to life as Godshill Matters, a new local residents’ group, teams up with local businesses, Godshill Primary school, Godshill Scouts, the Parish Council and All Saints Church to ...

Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has launched an online hub that provides advice, guidance and information to anyone who is concerned about sexual violence, abuse, or harassment to help everyone in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight feel safer. ...

Paramedics are tending to a motorcyclist who has been injured in a collision with a van on the main road at Binstead this afternoon (Wednesday). Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are on scene at the roundabout at ...

A Memorial Quilt to raise awareness of people with living experience of suicide and bereavement arrived on the Island earlier this week (25th November). The 'Speak Their Name Memorial Quilt' will be on display at Aspire in Ryde High Street ...

Motorists are being warned of icy stretches on the Island's roads overnight into Thursday morning. IW Met Service says temperatures will drop away overnight with some spots falling to - or even slightly below - freezing. The fall in temperature, ...

Isle of Wight shooter Richard Green was part of the England team that won the 2024 World Field Target Championship. Richard shot 47 on the 1st day of the 3-day event in Mesa, Arizona USA. A further Isle of Wight ...

A row over election expenses has broken out within Shalfleet Parish Council, with one councillor labelling the situation 'anarchy'. Following an at times tense Shalfleet Parish Council on 13th November, the authority’s chair Steve Cowley fired an opening salvo at ...

In terms of designing spaces for today’s businesses, partition walls can do wonders. Not only can they define space, but good systems also provide more functional value. In a B2B scenario, the right partition walls can make all the difference ...

There’s something that’s just magical about a ski holiday. The buzz of tearing down a pristine piste in fresh, clear and crisp mountain air while taking in the stunning vistas simply can’t be beaten. And away from the slopes, the ...

The organising committee of the annual Isle of Wight Gilten Market have decided to cancel this year's event in light of the spread of Blue Tongue disease. The market – which is the Island’s historic Christmas Fatstock Show where the ...