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Ventnor were beaten by Division 3 leaders Andover in a friendly fixture. On the Thursday evening before the match, Ventnor could only muster 13 players, so took the option of offering Andover a friendly match. Within the current Hampshire RFU ...

Isle of Wight Radio’s 2025 Best in Business Awards took place on Friday (21st March), with more than 40 local enterprises and talented individuals recognised on the night. Hosted by Breakfast Show host Paul Topping and the elegant Emily Wells, ...

Only 2 matches were played in Division 1 this week, with the top 2 teams meeting in a match of high quality table tennis which ended honours even. Ryde C’s Paul Rainford extended his run of 9 matches unbeaten, despite ...

An Isle of Wight village’s former convenience store could be converted into a 2-bedroom flat. Hinal Patel applied to County Hall for a change of use of the upper and lower ground floors of a Nettlestone property that used to ...

Richard Quigley MP has welcomed the news that 39 schools and NHS sites across the South East - including St Mary's Hospital - will receive funding from Great British Energy to install solar panels, saving thousands of pounds on energy ...

The Diocese of Portsmouth has referred the Isle of Wight Council to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) over the process it followed when selecting which schools it might close. Lawyers wrote to the council’s legal team on Friday ...

Firefighters from across the Isle of Wight are tackling a blaze that has caused significant smoke and fire damage to a popular Gurnard pub this morning (Tuesday). 6 appliances from Newport, Ryde, East Cowes, Sandown and Shanklin - plus an ...

Thick fog on the Solent has forced the suspension of Red Funnel’s vehicle ferry service to and from the Isle of Wight this morning (Tuesday). Low visibility means that the cross-Solent operator is unable to manoeuvre in and around Cowes ...

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