A ‘vital’ new children’s home has been approved for a four-bedroom house on the outskirts of Newport.

The business will store and sell items including flooring, wall panels, skirting, balustrades and decking.

A woman has been taken to hospital following a three-vehicle collision on Staplers Road, on the outskirts of Newport, this morning.

Police have secured a three-month closure order on a flat in Newport following ongoing drug-related anti-social behaviour.

Plans to demolish a former social services building in Newport and replace it with ten “extremely affordable” homes have been approved by the Isle of Wight Council.