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    RYDE FOLK-AMERICANA ARTIST SORREL NATION TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF SECOND ALBUM
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    RYDE FOLK-AMERICANA ARTIST SORREL NATION TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF SECOND ALBUM

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    27th June 2026
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    DATUM ELECTRONICS JOINS MADE IN BRITAIN CAMPAIGN TO STRENGTHEN UK MANUFACTURING COMMITMENT
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    DATUM ELECTRONICS JOINS MADE IN BRITAIN CAMPAIGN TO STRENGTHEN UK MANUFACTURING COMMITMENT

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    27th June 2026
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    TAX-FREE CHILDCARE OPENS TO ISLAND CHILDREN UNDER 9
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    ISLE OF WIGHT FAMILIES INVITED TO SIGN UP FOR 6 WEEKS OF FREE SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    27th June 2026
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    ARREST MADE AFTER ALLEGED INDECENT EXPOSURE ON RYDE ESPLANADE

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    27th June 2026
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    CYCLE PATH COULD BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS DUE TO SOUTHERN WATER WORKS
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    SOUTHERN WATER PLANS TO GO AHEAD WITH SANDOWN RECYCLING PLANT DESPITE OBJECTIONS

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    27th June 2026
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    MAN WHO TOLD POLICE OFFICER ‘I HOPE YOUR PARENTS DIE OF CANCER’ FINED £320

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    26th June 2026
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    NEARLY £90,000 RAISED FOR MOUNTBATTEN AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2026
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    NEARLY £90,000 RAISED FOR MOUNTBATTEN AT 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    26th June 2026
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    WORK AT WEST ACRE PARK OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY AS 473 NEW HOMES SET TO BE BUILT
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    WORK AT WEST ACRE PARK OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY AS 473 NEW HOMES SET TO BE BUILT

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    26th June 2026
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    Business News

    THE HAIR ACADEMY LAUNCHES IN-HOUSE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME AS FIRST PLACES FILLED
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    THE HAIR ACADEMY LAUNCHES IN-HOUSE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME AS FIRST PLACES FILLED

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    25th June 2026
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    ADGESTONE CAMPSITE TO REOPEN AFTER NEARLY 3 YEARS FOLLOWING MAJOR REVAMP
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    ADGESTONE CAMPSITE TO REOPEN AFTER NEARLY 3 YEARS FOLLOWING MAJOR REVAMP

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    16th June 2026
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    ISLAND ECHO NAMED FINALIST IN 2 CATEGORIES AT 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT BUSINESS AWARDS
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    ISLAND ECHO NAMED FINALIST IN 2 CATEGORIES AT 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT BUSINESS AWARDS

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    15th June 2026
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    BUSINESSES SHORTLISTED FOR TOP HONOURS IN 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS
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    BUSINESSES SHORTLISTED FOR TOP HONOURS IN 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    15th June 2026
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    ISLAND VI FORM STUDENTS MAKE HISTORY IN YOUNG ENTERPRISE BEST COMPANY COMPETITION
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    ISLAND VI FORM STUDENTS MAKE HISTORY IN YOUNG ENTERPRISE BEST COMPANY COMPETITION

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    12th June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY COURSE HELPS ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS TAKE THE FIRST STEP
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY COURSE HELPS ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS TAKE THE FIRST STEP

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    10th June 2026
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    SEAVIEW HOTEL HITS THE OPEN MARKET FOR £3MILLION
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    SEAVIEW HOTEL HITS THE OPEN MARKET FOR £3MILLION

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    10th June 2026
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    FIRST UK-BUILT BRITTEN-NORMAN ISLANDER PASSES 75% COMPLETION AT BEMBRIDGE
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    FIRST UK-BUILT BRITTEN-NORMAN ISLANDER PASSES 75% COMPLETION AT BEMBRIDGE

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    9th June 2026
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    MAN WHO TOLD POLICE OFFICER ‘I HOPE YOUR PARENTS DIE OF CANCER’ FINED £320

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    26th June 2026
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    LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (15TH – 19TH JUNE 2026)

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    24th June 2026
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    MAN WHO STOLE READY MEALS AND LINDT BUNNY FINED £40
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    MAN WHO STOLE READY MEALS AND LINDT BUNNY FINED £40

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    22nd June 2026
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    WELL-KNOWN OFFENDER HANDED SUSPENDED SENTENCE AFTER £582 ALCOHOL THEFTS

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    21st June 2026
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    M3 SPEEDING LEAVES NEWPORT WOMAN WITH 6 POINTS ON HER LICENCE
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    M3 SPEEDING LEAVES NEWPORT WOMAN WITH 6 POINTS ON HER LICENCE

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    20th June 2026
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    SEX OFFENDER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FAILING TO COMPLY WITH REGISTER REQUIRMENTS

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    19th June 2026
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    WOMAN WHO DROVE 10 MILES WHILST DRUNK CAUGHT WHEN TAXI PASSENGER CALLED POLICE
    Courts

    MAN ON SEX OFFENDER REGISTER FOR LIFE ADMITS POSSESSION OF INDECENT CHILD IMAGES

    Court ReporterbyCourt Reporter
    19th June 2026
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    LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (17TH NOVEMBER – 21ST NOVEMBER)
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    LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (8TH – 12TH JUNE 2026)

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    18th June 2026
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    FORT REDOUBT GUN EXPLOSION KILLED 4 SOLDIERS 125 YEARS AGO
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    FORT REDOUBT GUN EXPLOSION KILLED 4 SOLDIERS 125 YEARS AGO

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    25th June 2026
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    THE 69 CLUB THAT BROUGHT THE SWINGING SIXTIES TO RYDE
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    THE 69 CLUB THAT BROUGHT THE SWINGING SIXTIES TO RYDE

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    21st June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT’S FIRST ICE FACTORY OPENED 100 YEARS AGO
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    ISLE OF WIGHT’S FIRST ICE FACTORY OPENED 100 YEARS AGO

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    19th June 2026
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    Isle of Wight Heritage

    THE RISE AND FALL OF BEMBRIDGE’S ROYAL SPITHEAD

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    14th June 2026
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    15-YEAR-OLD LIGHTHOUSE HEROINE ETHEL LANGTON HONOURED 100 YEARS AGO
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    15-YEAR-OLD LIGHTHOUSE HEROINE ETHEL LANGTON HONOURED 100 YEARS AGO

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    11th June 2026
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    ANDREW TURNER ELECTED THE ISLAND’S MP
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    25 YEARS AGO ANDREW TURNER WON ISLE OF WIGHT CONSTITUENCY AFTER DRAMATIC COUNT

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    8th June 2026
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    Isle of Wight Heritage

    WOOLWORTHS – WHEN EVERY ISLAND TOWN HAD A ‘WOOLIES’

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    7th June 2026
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    LOUNGERS LOOK SET TO TRANSFORM FORMER COWES CHURCH INTO RESTAURANT
    Isle of Wight Heritage

    GRAND NEW METHODIST CHURCH OPENED IN COWES 125 YEARS AGO

    Warren Whitmore - Digital News ReporterbyWarren Whitmore - Digital News Reporter
    6th June 2026
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    Planning

    SERIOUS CONCERNS RAISED OVER SCHEME TO BUILD 6 HOMES ON CARAVAN BROWNFIELD SITE
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    SERIOUS CONCERNS RAISED OVER SCHEME TO BUILD 6 HOMES ON CARAVAN BROWNFIELD SITE

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    25th June 2026
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    YARMOUTH SAILING CLUB SEEKS NEW CHANGING FACILITIES AS YOUTH PARTICIPATION GROWS
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    YARMOUTH SAILING CLUB SEEKS NEW CHANGING FACILITIES AS YOUTH PARTICIPATION GROWS

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    24th June 2026
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    THE GARLIC FARM SEEKS NEW USE FOR FORMER LIVESTOCK BUILDING
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    THE GARLIC FARM SEEKS NEW USE FOR FORMER LIVESTOCK BUILDING

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    23rd June 2026
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    PLANS SUBMITTED TO INSTALL PLAY AREA AT NEW MCDONALD’S IN LAKE
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    PLANS SUBMITTED TO INSTALL PLAY AREA AT NEW MCDONALD’S IN LAKE

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    22nd June 2026
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    KARAOKE, MINI GOLF AND INTERACTIVE DARTS PLANNED FOR FORMER RYDE NIGHTCLUB
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    KARAOKE, MINI GOLF AND INTERACTIVE DARTS PLANNED FOR FORMER RYDE NIGHTCLUB

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    22nd June 2026
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    PLANS FOR WHITWELL VILLAGE CHALETS THROWN OUT BY ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL
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    PLANS FOR WHITWELL VILLAGE CHALETS THROWN OUT BY ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    19th June 2026
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    25% FEWER NEW HOMES PLANNED BETWEEN NOW AND 2038 UNDER DRAFT PLANNING STRATEGY
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    ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING APPLICATIONS: 19TH JUNE 2026

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    19th June 2026
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    COUNCILLORS SUPPORT TOTLAND PIER HOLIDAY HOME PLANS – BUT WANT CAFE TO RETURN
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    COUNCILLORS SUPPORT TOTLAND PIER HOLIDAY HOME PLANS – BUT WANT CAFE TO RETURN

    Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterbyRufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
    18th June 2026
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    Property

    STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED SEA VIEW BUNGALOW AMONG ISLE OF WIGHT PROPERTY AUCTION LOTS
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    STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED SEA VIEW BUNGALOW AMONG ISLE OF WIGHT PROPERTY AUCTION LOTS

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    30th May 2026
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    RYDE TOWN COUNCIL TO AUCTION VECTIS HALL AFTER YEARS OF TAXPAYER SPENDING
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    RYDE TOWN COUNCIL TO AUCTION VECTIS HALL AFTER YEARS OF TAXPAYER SPENDING

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    29th May 2026
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    FORMER SHANKLIN HOTEL AMONG THE LOTS SOLD IN LATEST CLIVE EMSON PROPERTY AUCTION
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    FORMER SHANKLIN HOTEL AMONG THE LOTS SOLD IN LATEST CLIVE EMSON PROPERTY AUCTION

    Mackenzie Whittaker - Digital News ReporterbyMackenzie Whittaker - Digital News Reporter
    11th May 2026
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    HISTORIC SEAVIEW HOTEL HITS MARKET FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 65 YEARS
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    HISTORIC SEAVIEW HOTEL HITS MARKET FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 65 YEARS

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    7th April 2026
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    STRONG DEMAND SEES ISLE OF WIGHT PROPERTIES SMASH GUIDE PRICES AT AUCTION
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    STRONG DEMAND SEES ISLE OF WIGHT PROPERTIES SMASH GUIDE PRICES AT AUCTION

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    28th March 2026
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    SEAVIEW’S SALTERNS HOLIDAY VILLAGE GOES UP FOR SALE FOR £5MILLION
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    SALTERNS HOLIDAY VILLAGE RETURNS TO MARKET AT HALF ITS PREVIOUS ASKING PRICE

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    21st March 2026
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    GOING, GOING, GONE! ISLE OF WIGHT LOTS SOLD IN LATEST CLIVE EMSON AUCTION
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    GOING, GOING, GONE! ISLE OF WIGHT LOTS SOLD IN LATEST CLIVE EMSON AUCTION

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    14th February 2026
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    TOWN COUNCIL BUYS ‘RANSOM’ STRIP OF LAND AT SANDOWN’S DERELICT OCEAN HOTEL

    Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
    13th February 2026
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    READERS’ GALLERY: SUNDAY 28TH APRIL 2023

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    5th March 2023
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    Lottery

    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 26TH JUNE 2026

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    26th June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 19TH JUNE 2026

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    19th June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 12TH JUNE 2026

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    12th June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 5TH JUNE 2026

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    5th June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 29TH MAY 2026

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    29th May 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 15TH MAY 2026

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    22nd May 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 15TH MAY 2026

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    15th May 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 11TH JULY 2025
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY RESULTS: 8TH MAY 2026

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    8th May 2026
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    RYDE FOLK-AMERICANA ARTIST SORREL NATION TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF SECOND ALBUM
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    DATUM ELECTRONICS JOINS MADE IN BRITAIN CAMPAIGN TO STRENGTHEN UK MANUFACTURING COMMITMENT
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    TAX-FREE CHILDCARE OPENS TO ISLAND CHILDREN UNDER 9
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    ISLE OF WIGHT FAMILIES INVITED TO SIGN UP FOR 6 WEEKS OF FREE SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

    James Rann - Digital News ReporterbyJames Rann - Digital News Reporter
    27th June 2026
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    ARREST MADE AFTER ALLEGED INDECENT EXPOSURE ON RYDE ESPLANADE

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    27th June 2026
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    CYCLE PATH COULD BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS DUE TO SOUTHERN WATER WORKS
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    SOUTHERN WATER PLANS TO GO AHEAD WITH SANDOWN RECYCLING PLANT DESPITE OBJECTIONS

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    27th June 2026
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    MAN WHO TOLD POLICE OFFICER ‘I HOPE YOUR PARENTS DIE OF CANCER’ FINED £320

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    26th June 2026
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    NEARLY £90,000 RAISED FOR MOUNTBATTEN AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2026
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    NEARLY £90,000 RAISED FOR MOUNTBATTEN AT 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

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    26th June 2026
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    WORK AT WEST ACRE PARK OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY AS 473 NEW HOMES SET TO BE BUILT
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    WORK AT WEST ACRE PARK OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY AS 473 NEW HOMES SET TO BE BUILT

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    26th June 2026
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    THE HAIR ACADEMY LAUNCHES IN-HOUSE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME AS FIRST PLACES FILLED
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    THE HAIR ACADEMY LAUNCHES IN-HOUSE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME AS FIRST PLACES FILLED

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    25th June 2026
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    ADGESTONE CAMPSITE TO REOPEN AFTER NEARLY 3 YEARS FOLLOWING MAJOR REVAMP
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    ADGESTONE CAMPSITE TO REOPEN AFTER NEARLY 3 YEARS FOLLOWING MAJOR REVAMP

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    16th June 2026
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    ISLAND ECHO NAMED FINALIST IN 2 CATEGORIES AT 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT BUSINESS AWARDS
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    ISLAND ECHO NAMED FINALIST IN 2 CATEGORIES AT 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT BUSINESS AWARDS

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    15th June 2026
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    BUSINESSES SHORTLISTED FOR TOP HONOURS IN 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS
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    BUSINESSES SHORTLISTED FOR TOP HONOURS IN 2026 ISLE OF WIGHT CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS

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    ISLAND VI FORM STUDENTS MAKE HISTORY IN YOUNG ENTERPRISE BEST COMPANY COMPETITION
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    ISLAND VI FORM STUDENTS MAKE HISTORY IN YOUNG ENTERPRISE BEST COMPANY COMPETITION

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    12th June 2026
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    ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY COURSE HELPS ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS TAKE THE FIRST STEP
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POLICE SEEK PIZZA-THROWING MAN WHO MADE SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS TO 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL

Darren Toogood - EditorbyDarren Toogood - Editor
21st May 2023
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Fpmkilqx0ayiacyPolice on the Isle of Wight are asking for the public’s help in identifying this man, who is wanted in connection with an incident in which a male made suggestive comments to a teenage girl before throwing pizza at her.

At around 18:00 on Thursday 20th April, a 14-year-old girl was on the Southern Vectis Route 1 bus from Newport to Cowes when she was approached by a man who made suggestive comments towards her.

He then started to throw pizza at her.

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The girl moved from her seat and told the bus driver, who asked the man to get off the bus.

Anyone with any information should contact Police on 101 quoting 44230157729.

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Cold Comfort
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3 years ago

Filth like that needs castrating now by the girls family. The law will do nothing as our Prisons are filled with the third worlds finest meaning that meaningful sentences can never again be given by British courts.

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Qwerty King
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Still more xenophobic rhetoric about foreigners filling up British prisons. There will always be room in our prisons for anyone the courts convict of serious offences, regardless of their nationality. Regardless of popular beliefs in these comments sections, the majority of prisoners held in British prisons are……wait for it……. British. Who’d have thought?

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Smiffy
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3 years ago
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In actual fact, the proportion of foreign nationals in UK prisons is less than their proportion in the general population.

This is an easily verifiable fact.

But when have facts ever been of interest to this publication’s resident racists?

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islander
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3 years ago
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stop making excuses for foreign criminals who shouldn’t be here in the first place smiffy

cannot stand disgusting low lives that bad mouth english taxpaying people who were born and bred here, whilst singing the praises of illegal immigrants.

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Here we go again
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Too many white people wanting a house then?…..Too many white people need health care then?….Only white people are racist then?…Only white people are privileged, and should hang their heads in shame?…

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islander
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yes- look at all the diversity in african governments – not a single white face – where is the outrage from the hand wringing do gooding lefties in the uk who bang on about diversity- they should be demanding that we don’t trade with them until they accept diversity in their governments

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Jeannie
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3 years ago
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He’s white, there’s CCTV footage of him. Put that in your pipe of racism!

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islanders
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3 years ago
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cold comfort is right though – the prisons are filled with the filth from other countries that should’t even be here.

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Les Moulson
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3 years ago

Needs taking out and re-educating. Surely the girls male friends and family could help ?

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Elliot Ness
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3 years ago
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Can her female friends not help then?

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Oslo
Oslo
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3 years ago

Must live in Cowes area then, so I am sure someone knows him, unless he was a visiting yacht person.

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islander
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3 years ago

a male made suggestive comments to a teenage girl

I do hope that the police or island echo can back up the assumption that these comments were actually made – as one persons word, is an allegation, not a fact.

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Compassion for mental heath
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3 years ago
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Victim blaming is not acceptable. She is FOURTEEN

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islander
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Reply to  Compassion for mental heath

no one disputes the pizza throwing as that will be on cctv, however, the “he said…” bit is an allegation only, unless it can be proven otherwise, by witnesses.

i suggest you stop trying to blame someone for saying things, that may not have been said.

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J.S
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3 years ago

And they are encouraging people to travel on buses for£2
No thank you, even if a free pizza is thrown in.

Too much riff raff travel on buses

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Sanguinius
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3 years ago

An abomination……. …….

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mark greene's left ear
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3 years ago

typical vaxcattle. Bet he’ll randomly get “heart problems” or something now the madness is in his system

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fready
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OMG you didn’t really say that did you?? Another fine product of our education system.

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Jim Bean
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3 years ago

Welcome to the isle of wight

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Ben
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3 years ago

Alex Harris 100% I went to school with him

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Stuart
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3 years ago

Must be you Kev on IE he matches your description

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Nick
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3 years ago

Glad to hear the bus driver gave him a pizza of his mind…

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J.S
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3 years ago
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Thats because he wanted a pizza of the action.

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Resident
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3 years ago

Alex Harris the skank

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Steve
Steve
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3 years ago

Apparently it’s somebody called Alex Harris?….(Allegedly)

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Kev
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3 years ago

Ok it me I was being normal

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MS A HARDY
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3 years ago

Perhaps CCTV on buses would be good?

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Barry's son
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Perhaps ending mass immigration and deporting illegals back to where a dna swab shows they came from would also be good, to free up jail space, court time, and all the other massive costs these unwanted numbers create.

We have enough of our own and those who are now classed as British here committing the vilest of crimes so only IF someone does an even worse crime are they ever jailed now.

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Sanguinius
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3 years ago
Reply to  Barry's son

Trust me the last thing the courts are gonna do is play that narrative right into your hands…

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Elliot Ness
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3 years ago
Reply to  MS A HARDY

They do have CCTV

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Slippin' Jimmy
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3 years ago
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There is CCTV on the busses.

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Sanguinius
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Reply to  Slippin' Jimmy

I dont think she is being that literal dude c’mon use your brain

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Elliot Ness
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3 years ago

Honestly who wastes perfectly good pizza???

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Mr Peter
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3 years ago

Typical Cowes chimp mating ritual.

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Sanguinius
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3 years ago

Anybody notice how his photo was removed?

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RYDE FOLK-AMERICANA ARTIST SORREL NATION TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF SECOND ALBUM

RYDE FOLK-AMERICANA ARTIST SORREL NATION TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF SECOND ALBUM

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DATUM ELECTRONICS JOINS MADE IN BRITAIN CAMPAIGN TO STRENGTHEN UK MANUFACTURING COMMITMENT

DATUM ELECTRONICS JOINS MADE IN BRITAIN CAMPAIGN TO STRENGTHEN UK MANUFACTURING COMMITMENT

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TAX-FREE CHILDCARE OPENS TO ISLAND CHILDREN UNDER 9

ISLE OF WIGHT FAMILIES INVITED TO SIGN UP FOR 6 WEEKS OF FREE SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

27th June 2026

ARREST MADE AFTER ALLEGED INDECENT EXPOSURE ON RYDE ESPLANADE

27th June 2026
CYCLE PATH COULD BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS DUE TO SOUTHERN WATER WORKS

SOUTHERN WATER PLANS TO GO AHEAD WITH SANDOWN RECYCLING PLANT DESPITE OBJECTIONS

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