HOT 2025 SUMMER SPARKED 54% RISE IN GRASS AND WILDFIRES, REPORT REVEALS
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight saw a 54% increase in outdoor fires in 2025/26, according to a report from...
Read moreDetailsWALK THE WIGHT BOARD GAME CREATORS RECEIVE AWARD FROM ISLE OF WIGHT HIGH SHERIFF
The team of Island VI Form students were awarded High Sheriff Nigel Hartley's first High Sheriff Award.
Read moreDetailsCOUNCILLORS SUPPORT TOTLAND PIER HOLIDAY HOME PLANS – BUT WANT CAFE TO RETURN
New proposals to transform a disused restaurant on Totland Pier head into ‘one of the most unique’ holiday homes on...
Read moreDetailsNEW FOSSIL SPECIES DISCOVERED AT WHALE CHINE NAMED AFTER ISLE OF WIGHT COLLECTOR
A new species of large ammonite discovered in the cliffs at Whale Chine has been formally identified, marking the first...
Read moreDetailsPETITION LAUNCHED TO SAVE RNLI JOBS AS UNION CAMPAIGN RAMPS UP IN EAST COWES
A petition has been launched by the Unite Action Network after the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre (ILC) on the Isle...
Read moreDetailsCOWES COMMODORES HOUSE GRANTED ALCOHOL LICENCE DESPITE NOISE AND NUISANCE FEARS
An Isle of Wight seafront wedding and events venue has been granted a premises licence by County Hall despite noise,...
Read moreDetailsFOLKTASTIC ISLE THEME TO TAKE OVER RYDE AS ISLE OF WIGHT MARDI GRAS RETURNS
The Isle of Wight's biggest youth-focused community carnival will return to Ryde on Saturday 4th July, with this year's IW...
Read moreDetailsISLAND’S YOUNG AUTHORS REWARDED FOR REMARKABLE 10-WORD STORIES
Young writers from across the Isle of Wight have shown that imagination knows no bounds - even when limited to...
Read moreDetailsJOE ROBERTSON AND RICHARD QUIGLEY RESPOND TO RUSSIAN FRIGATE INCIDENT
The Isle of Wight’s MPs have spoken out following the firing of warning shots by a Russian frigate at a...
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RYDE’S STEVE DEACON CLAIMS PODIUM FINISH AFTER PROVING DOUBTERS WRONG
Ryde resident Steve Deacon has secured an impressive third-place finish at the PCA Hampshire bodybuilding competition after turning years of...
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