Imposing restrictions on smartphones in schools without involving young people in the process risks their use becoming like “smoking behind the bike shed”, a top paediatrician has warned. Baroness ...

Tommy McQuaker, 29, took part in a ‘siege’ on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Tamworth in the wake of the Southport stabbings.

Data from October shows that international protection applications were around half in October compared to May, but only 25 lower than in June.

Vladimir Putin would have authorised the assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal because of the “enormous” reputational risk the Novichok poisonings would have posed to Russia, a senior Foreign Office ...

N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos had a bug removed from her ear when she asked medics to get it out during a Bushtucker Trial.

The “outdated and inefficient” system of funding councils will be replaced by a fairer process focused on the needs of communities, the Government has said. The announcement coincides with the ...

The Trouville Hotel in Sandown was sold by the Moorman family to Compass Hospitality and Seacare Hospitality, in a joint venture. The Moorman family announced they are retiring fr ...

American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims will not appear at the Isle of Wight Festival 2025, it has been announced. Teddy Swims said in a statement: "I am sorry to announce I am no longer able to come ...

Bullys Hill both ways closed due to roadworks from The Mall to Upper Adgestone Road. Until 0:00 on 2nd December.

A new parliamentary group on electoral reform has been launched, with Isle of Wight MP Richard Quigley as a member.

A historic Isle of Wight event has been cancelled due to government restrictions following cases of Bluetongue disease. Gilten Market has been cancelled for 2024, as government restrictions made ...

A community project is launching a new phase in support of the Isle of Wight's LGBTQ+ community. The Out On An Island project, led by StoneCrabs, is commemorating World AIDS Day with the launch of the ...