Cancellations have been announced on Red Funnel's vehicle ferry service between East Cowes and Southampton today (Friday). Both the 19:30 sailing from Southampton and the 21:00 sailing from East Cowes have been withdrawn due to technical reasons relating to the...

A band of heroic teenagers have been praised by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service after their quick-thinking actions helped save an elderly woman from a kitchen fire in Seaview yesterday evening (Wednesday). The group of...

A busy main road between Blackwater and Rookley has been closed after a cable fell onto the carriageway this afternoon (Thursday). Several police units are in attendance at the scene near Radcliffe’s Fruit and Veg farm shop at Blackwater Junction,...

An Isle of Wight man has fallen victim to a property rental scam that has seen fraudsters posing as landlords take a staggering £450 of his hard-earned cash. Shane Dillon was on the hunt for a new place to call...

Firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to reports of a vehicle fire in Brading this lunchtime (Thursday). 1 appliance from Ryde has been mobilised to the scene on Coach Lane after being...

Jerry Cooper - Mountbatten - 05-06-2021 It's been a busy week of racing again for some of the Wightlink-Wight Mountain TT Series team. On Tuesday, James Veal and Stuart Waite headed off to Thruxton for which turned out to be...

The Isle of Wight Council is raising awareness of child employment legislation to ensure children engaged in part-time work do so legally and safely. Businesses that employ children aged between 13 and 16 years old are being reminded they must...

To help tackle the waiting list for driving tests the DVLA has been working on a number of ways to increase the amount of driving test appointments available and will now reintroduce a 7 test per day service. From Monday...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust are hosting a virtual 2-day festival, bringing people together to celebrate nature and its dedicated champions. The public can sign up to attend the Festival today, and share a wild weekend with the...

South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY) urgently needs a minibus to take young people on their residential activity holiday to the lakes in August. If they cannot find a 17 seat minibus on the Island they will have to hire...