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PARKDEAN Resorts is investing nearly £2 million in its four holiday parks on the Isle of Wight ahead of the 2021 season. Isle of Wight tourism has been given a significant boost with the announcement, and the award-winning company is now hiring for seasonal and full-time roles. The spend of more than £1.7 million is part of a £70 million investment in its business nationwide, and will be used to install new caravans and luxury lodges. Parkdean Resorts operates four parks on the Island Landguard and Lower Hyde in Shanklin, Nodes Point near St Helens, and Thorness Bay near Cowes. In 2020, the four parks welcomed more than 80,000 visitors. ....
A FORMER prison officer accused of obsessively following a female sales manager for 18 months and entering another woman s property and lying on her… ....
A MAN who was sent back to prison after downing 20 shots then hitting his wife over the head with a bottle of Champagne, has been sentenced. Michael Wheeler, 33, had been released from Parkhurst Prison a few years before on licence, but was recalled after the attack on October 5 at Thorness Bay and is now residing at HMP IW s Albany site with a release date of 2024. Judge Roger Hetherington, sitting at the Isle of Wight Crown Court this week, ruled Wheeler should serve a two-year sentence for the attack, concurrent with the remainder of the sentence currently being served. He must also pay a victim surcharge of £156. ....