Vulnerable renters on the Isle of Wight struggling due to the impact of the COVID pandemic will be helped by a share of a multi-million-pound support package recently announced by the Government. The Isle of Wight Council has been allocated...

2 new Deputy Lieutenants have been appointed to serve on the Isle of Wight, it has been announced. In this formal voluntary role they will assist the Lord-Lieutenant in her work. The appointment is until retirement on their 75th birthday....

The Footprint Trust has recently celebrated its 19th year in existence and at the Annual General Meeting, the charity reported that it had just been through its busiest year to date. The charity was set up in 2002 to reduce...

Quay Arts has launched its limited edition 2022 fundraising calendar. The calendar features 12 striking, varied and sometimes humorous images that reflect the breadth of visual arts that can be seen through Quay Arts’ work and exhibition programme. Each of...

A popular café on Ventnor Esplanade is closed to customers today (Sunday) following a burglary overnight. Persons unknown are understood to have forced entry to Besty and Spinky’s cafe, located on the seafront, shortly before midnight. Police are looking into...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has called for better integration between ferry and rail services to make connections easier for Islanders and visitors. Responding to a consultation on the South Western Railway (SWR) timetable, Mr Seely cited examples of...

A former Army drill hall on the Island has been sold for £248,000 at auction and was among 105 lots listed across southern England in the November auction by regional land and property auctioneers Clive Emson. The building, standing on...

A total of 56 postcodes in the South Wight are without power this afternoon (Saturday). Homes and businesses in the PO37 6, PO37 7 and PO38 3 regions - areas of Godshill, Whiteley Bank and Shanklin - lost supply at...

Ryde Rowing Regatta will return in 2022 during the extra long Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, it has been announced. Subject to any further (and unlikely) COVID-19 restrictions being put in place and the successful completion and reinstatement of Appley...

An Isle of Wight man who has gone above and beyond to help keep the Waterside Pool in Ryde going throughout the pandemic has been rewarded by the 'Room to Reward' hidden hero scheme. Peter Taylor was put forward by...