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HOLMSEY: Everything’s gone to the dogs…

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‘Frightening’ outcomes from HMP Isle of Wight

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High-risk sex offenders in HMP Isle of Wight are not prepared effectively for their release and the prison is plagued…

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A plea for help for historic Waverley

Press Release Jan 20, 2023

A public appeal has been launched to “urgently” raise funds to enable the historic paddle steamer, Waverley, to sail again…

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Sweet Charlie’s closes its doors

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Newport dessert shop, Sweet Charlie’s, has announced its closure just a week after launching a fund-raiser in a bid to…

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Evil Engineer planning to blow up the Isle of Wight

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This week E&T magazine, a specialist publication for the engineering and technology industry, featured a reader’s letter to their ‘Evil…

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New Principal Takes Up Reins At Priory School

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Priory School of Our Lady of Walsingham has a new principal; David EJJ Lloyd, who took up his post on…

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Witnesses sought after fatal Newport crash

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Police are appealing for witnesses after an 81-year-old woman died following a road traffic accident in Newport on Monday (January…

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Concerns about teenager gang raised at meeting

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The Freshwater community voiced their concerns about the behaviour of a gang of around 12 teenagers which has left them…

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Early morning fire at Newport Quay Hotel

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The Newport Quay Hotel was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday morning after fire broke out in its kitchen.…

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Every year, a different county represents the Army Cadet Force (ACF) in the march past the Cenotaph at the Remembrance…

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