The families of two autistic men have won a High Court challenge over the Isle of Wight’s cuts to adult social care.

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Council’s cuts in care unlawful

Fears are raised that plans to house only sex offenders in all three prisons on the Isle of Wight could damage the island’s image.

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Island fears sex crime jail plan

The summer music festival season is set to kick off as revellers head to the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend.

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Revellers head to Isle of Wight

Five people are arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager from the Isle of Wight who has been missing for nearly 15 years.

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Arrests over missing boy’s murder

A “serious” security breach allowed “huge quantities” of drugs and mobile phones to get into a prison on the Isle of Wight, a report reveals.

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Lapse ‘allowed drugs into prison’

The Isle of Wight is aiming to be self-sufficient and have the lowest carbon footprint in the UK by 2020.

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Isle of Wight reveals green ambitions

A report into the prison formed by merging three Isle of Wight jails finds drug use is rife, sanitation is “unacceptable” and use of force is high.

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Merged island prison criticised

A historic yacht which circumnavigated the world more than four decades ago will remain based on the Isle of Wight after it was sold to British owners.

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Gipsy Moth yacht to remain in UK

A pilot scheme on the Isle of Wight gives girls as young as 13 access to the contraceptive pill at high street pharmacies.

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Teenagers obtain pill at chemists

The fiancee of a man whose body was found off the Isle of Wight warns others about the possible dangers of legal highs.

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Fiancee blames drug for sea death