Police are investigating after a 12-year-old girl was inappropriately touched in Newport.

Several guests attended in full uniform, bringing medals, historical photographs and military memorabilia to share with residents.

Emergency services were called to a collision involving a motorcycle and a van in Newport.

Elliott Vince, 17, from Newport, who cares for his mum, attended the event representing Barnardo’s Isle of Wight Young Carers service, alongside project worker Jodie Woodhouse.

People on the Isle of Wight are taking part in a ground-breaking clinical trial which could pave the way for a new national screening programme for oesophageal cancer.

The works will involve a mixture of temporary traffic lights and road closures.

Police have launched an investigation after a couple were reportedly caught engaging in sexual activity in a Newport graveyard.

Police, firefighters and paramedics attended the scene, where the motorcyclist was left injured in the road following the crash.

Asda on St George’s Way remains closed today after a power outage forced the store to shut abruptly yesterday.

Plans for Isle of Wight Council to buy ten flats in Newport for more than £1 million have been backed by a key council committee.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following two shoplifting incidents at the Morrisons store in Newport.

Ten apartments in the Isle of Wight’s county town may be bought by the council for over £1 million.

Fire crews have been called to a vehicle fire on Newport’s industrial estate this afternoon.

If approved, the proposed precept would rise from £100.27 to £144.88 a year for Band D households — an increase of 44.78 per cent.

An Isle of Wight business has gone into liquidation, bringing an end to more than four decades of trading on the Island.

The move follows a £210,000 award from the Council Housebuilding Support Fund.

The flooding of at least 56 properties in the Isle of Wight’s county town will be reviewed this evening.

Police have provided an update on the investigation into the death of a one-year-old child in Newport last year.

Officers attended the scene, where they found two intoxicated women playing loud music and being verbally abusive to members of the public.

Plans to convert vacant office space in the centre of Newport into six residential flats have been refused by the Isle of Wight Council.