A man standing next to a van was reported to have made gestures towards an 11-year-old girl.

Few milestones can match 70 years of dedicated service, but Val (89) and Don (90) Sambrook have spent seven decades giving freely of their time to Scouting.

Drivers in Ryde face disruption next month as two of the town’s busiest roads are set to close for resurfacing and reconstruction works.

Travel chaos has gripped East Cowes after a lorry crash on the vehicle deck of a Red Funnel ferry forced the company to cancel sailings until further notice.

Listing the Boating Lake as an ACV would mean that if the privately owned site is ever put up for sale, the community would have the opportunity to bid for it.