An extra £10.9million will help many more disabled people in the South East to access grants to improve their homes so they can live independently, Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Kelly Tolhurst has announced. The additional funding for councils,...

A mysterious monolith has appeared on the beach at Compton in the West Wight overnight, capturing the attention of locals. Photos of the perfectly mirrored object, which appears to have been buried in the sand, have been shared by Island...

2 Island-based charities are to receive a donation of £2,050 each from Cowes' Yokogawa Marex to help support the those most in need on the Isle of Wight over the Christmas period. Staff from the software solutions company decided that...

Class teacher Mrs Lucy Aram handing over Jo Jigsaw at Cowes Yacht Haven Pupils at Brighstone CE Aided Primary School are closely following the progress of inspirational sailor Natasha Lambert who has adopted their school mascot as a crew member...

Year 11 students at Christ the King College have been told to self isolate following a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the year group. The school says they have been advised by Public Health England of the positive test result...

A night of drunken behaviour in Newport and Ryde, as locals and visitors alike enjoyed the freedoms of Tier 1, led to Newport's custody suite being declared the busiest in Hampshire overnight. Officers detained a number of individuals as a...

Wightlink has announced it is planning to operate an hourly timetable on it's Ryde Pier Head-Portsmouth Harbour FastCat route from Monday 4th January 2021. The first service on weekdays will be 05:15 from Portsmouth and 05:47 from Ryde Pier. The...

A vehicle fire was tackled by firefighters in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). 1 wholetime appliance from Newport was mobilised at 02:04 to reports of a blaze at Meadow Green, off Whitepit Lane. Just minutes after...

A management buy-out proposal has been submitted to the administrators of fashion retailer Peacocks and if successful has the potential to prevent UK-wide store closures and save 4,908 people from redundancy, including here on the Isle of Wight. The bid...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Gurnard near Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). With darkness falling, the yellow and green helicopter has touched down near to Gurnard Primary School. It's understood that the helicopter emergency medical service...