Plans to demolish a long-standing gym in Newport and replace it with eight new homes have been approved by the Isle of Wight Council.

A hair salon business serving around four or five clients per day will operate out of a garden shed in the Isle of Wight’s county town.

The week-long expedition began in Kiruna in March and finished at Sweden’s world-famous Ice Hotel.

Drivers are being warned of temporary daytime road closures on Rowborough Lane in Brading this week while resurfacing work is carried out.

Island Roads, ferry services and the cost of living were among the major issues raised by voters during the recent Isle of Wight Council election campaign.

A Victorian Sherlock-Style Mystery... London, 1894. Fog curls through the narrow streets of Whitechapel as gas lamps flicker weakly against the winter gloom. At precisely midnight, the great bell of Blackthorn Clocktower tolls once… then abruptly falls silent. The following morning, the clocktower’s keeper, Mr. Alfred Wren, is found dead inside the tower mechanism room. And yet, according to every witness, the tower had been locked all night from the inside. Can you solve the

Britain is full of beautiful towns—but some come with histories so strange they sound completely made up. From plague villages and smuggling hideouts to towns built on superstition and scandal, these places prove that the UK’s past is anything but boring. Here are five British towns where the history is every bit as fascinating as the scenery: 1. Eyam — The Village That Locked Itself Away In 1665, when the bubonic plague arrived in Eyam, the villagers made an extraordinary de

A temporary road closure has been put in place on Highwood Lane near Rookley to allow highway works to be carried out.