A sharp rise in child welfare referrals being made from the NSPCC helpline to external agencies such as the Police or children’s services in the South East in the last year – against the backdrop of the pandemic - has...

The public body who commission healthcare services on the Isle of Wight has joined forces with 5 other groups across Hampshire and Southampton. Now forming the NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), it is responsible...

Just days after an unseasonable and extreme hail storm hit the village of Newchurch, a warning has been issued for severe gales accompanied by heavy rain. Local forecasters IW Met Service warn that throughout Bank Holiday Monday late afternoon and...

A lorry driver from the Isle of Wight has avoided being sent to prison despite a haul of indecent images of children being found on his computer - 30 years after he was jailed for 2 indecent assaults. 73-year-old Raymond...

Leading maritime training and education charity, UKSA, has announced that 30 of its students, aged 18-25, have graduated from its flagship Superyacht Cadetship course. A virtual graduation ceremony was held last weekend, attended by the students and their families, friends...

The coming together of 2 'gangs' for a pre-arranged fight in Ryde led to 10 teenagers being stopped and searched yesterday afternoon (Saturday) - but no weapons were found.  Police were alerted to the situation in the Brook Close area...

Students at Cowes Enterprise College Sixth Form were honoured to be joined by The Princess Royal as part of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s (RYS) Youth Race Training event earlier this month. During the visit on Wednesday 14th April, Princess Anne...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for the public's help in locating missing 58-year-old Julie Vowles from Newport. Julie was last seen at around 20:00 yesterday evening (Saturday 1st May) in the grounds of St Mary's Hospital. Officers...

A joint response between the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard has led to the successful extrication of an injured walker on St Catherine's Down today (Sunday). Emergency services were alerted to the plight of an individual, who...

HMS Queen Elizabeth has been regularly seen coming and going from Portsmouth since her inaugural arrival in 2017, but yesterday (Saturday) her departure was somewhat special as the flagship of the Royal Navy left the Solent at the start of her first operational deployment. ...