THE Isle of Wight Library Service has been busy spreading the joy of reading across the Island by handing out a free book of feelgood short stories, as part of World Book Night. The service gave out 160 copies of 'Stories to Make You Smile' as
REPORTS of scam texts and emails purporting to be various difference mail providers are at the forefront of the most recent warning. These messages claim you need to pay extra for a package or ask you click on a link which could install malware
THREE local parks are benefitting from trees planted by volunteers as part of a collaboration between local organisation Planet Aware and the Isle of Wight Council. Young people from Network Ryde, 1st East Cowes Scouts, 4th Shanklin Brownies and
ROAD markings have been added to the entrance of St George’s School in Newport as part of a volunteering project by Island Roads. The school approached Island Roads to see if it could help improve line markings in an area at the school entrance
BRADING High Street is the latest road to be closed this evening (Thursday) as a result of a burst water main. The High Street will be closed from its junction with West Street to its junction with Quay Lane for a distance of 186 metres in a northerly
THE Isle of Wight has recorded further Covid cases in the latest Government update today (Thursday). Three new cases have been announced today, taking the week's total to nine since Monday, with 14 having been recorded last week. There have
NINE out of ten over 75 to 79-year-olds on the Isle of Wight have had both Covid vaccines. Nearing the five-month mark, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout has continued on the Island with 8,412 first and second doses given to Islanders in the week ending
Whippingham Road in East Cowes will be closed for Southern Water to complete emergency work on a burst water main. Beatrice Avenue will be closed from its junction with Whippingham Road to its junction with Royal Church of St Mildred. The
RESIDENTS have spoken out after a copse of mature oak trees at a West Wight caravan park was decimated at the weekend. Silver Glades Caravan Park is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and the Forestry Commission has launched an investigation
A man was arrested and released under investigation, after a crash between a Ford car and a Suzuki van, on St George's Way in Newport, last night (Wednesday). It happened near Coppins Bridge, at 7.15pm, on May 5, blocking the road and the junction
A diversion route has been agreed by Southern Water, as it starts conservation work to protect rare eels, adjacent to the Sandown to Newport cycle path. The project will take six months and it caused outcry earlier this year, when it looked like
A water main has burst in East Cowes, on Castle Street, leading to a temporary change to the town's one-way system. Diversions are also in place. Traffic leaving the floating bridge will not exit via Castle Street and instead will drive the
Two men are due in court today, after an incident in Oakfield, Ryde. Cameron Wayne Baker, 25, of no fixed abode, has been charged with affray, possession of an offensive weapon, possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence
A popular footbridge, between Sandown and Shanklin, has been lifted onto the back of a lorry for off-site refurbishment in a complex overnight operation. Scroll through our pictures above and scroll down for video... The metal structure that
Seats on the Isle of Wight Council, as well as those on town and parish councils, are up for grabs today (Thursday). Polling stations are open for a day of local elections, from 7am until 10pm. Tomorrow, Isle of Wight Council votes will be
EXCITING new plans for an eco-wellness woodland resort near Yarmouth are underway, where guests can stay in harmony among the trees. The resort will be centred on sustainable living, nature and wellness, in a new development with plans for treehouses
While everyone’s been at home more, we’ve all been using more water – your bill may have gone up as a result. To help you keep your bills down, here are some everyday ways you could save water this spring – along with how we can help if you’re
THE death of an IT assistant living on a boat in East Cowes was drug related, the Isle of Wight Coroner concluded. David James Puxley, 52, was pronounced dead on February 28, last year. An inquest at the Isle of Wight Coroner’s Court on Monday
A NEWPORT man caught supplying various illicit drugs stashed in a shed and moped seat has been jailed. Tyler Cottingham, of Lavender Way, appeared before the Isle of Wight Crown Court last Thursday. At a previous hearing on March 11, he admitted
A backlog in court cases is being blamed on the Covid-19 pandemic, as new figures show a fall in prison inmates (including at HMP Isle of Wight) and a rise in those awaiting a trial, or sentencing. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) data show there were
With regard to Jim Gibbons's column (CP, 16-04-21)), he says it is a mystery why there have been fewer (UK) flu-related deaths than normal during the Covid-19 related pandemic. I am no expert but even I can understand that the transmission of the
