A brown bear in Kent receiving life-saving brain surgery and the “Hardest Geezer” running the entire length of Africa were among the most eye-catching uplifting moments of 2024. Here, the PA news ...

A union leader has called for 2025 to be a “year of delivery” for workers after 14 years of “Tory chaos”. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said in his new year message that working people desperately ...

Four out of five drivers are frustrated that a Government-backed code of practice for private parking companies is still not in force five years after becoming law, a new survey suggests. Some 84% of ...

Across New Year's, petrol stations on the Isle of Wight are adjusting their operating hours, with some offering limited services on both days.

As this is the final edition before the New Year, I thought I’d attempt the impossible: to summarise the mayhem, the madness, the discoveries, and the disasters that made 2024 on the Isle of Wight ...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust Charity's first Santa Dash raised £1,400 for patient care and staff wellbeing. On Sunday, December 15, runners of all ages, including children in sleighs, donned Santa suits ...

Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body of a woman was found six kilometres from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge.

Senegal has announced the closure of all foreign military bases, without setting a timeline for the exit of foreign troops. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko made the announcement on Friday during a ...

A vigil has taken place at the spot where a husband and wife were killed in a hit-and-run incident in west Dublin. A man is still being questioned by gardai about the incident in Blanchardstown Road ...

Ruben Amorim knows his job will be in danger if Manchester United continue to struggle but the head coach is comfortable with the pressure. Initial promise after succeeding Erik ten Hag has dimmed as ...

Kirk Marsden, from Blackburn, suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser, police said.

The UK could be set to get an extra bank holiday in 2025, as the country marks two major anniversaries, reports suggest. The Daily Express reports that the Government has not yet decided which weekend ...