Katrina Kelly and members of Line Dance IW, and the Island's High Sheriff Mrs Caroline Peel, presented Mark Birch, Operations Manager of the Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat with a cheque for £2,100 at the Broadway Centre recently. Katrina said:...

Following on from the success of the Time Trial Series, a Hill Climb Championship was organised by the Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team to finish off the season. This took place on Saturday 11th October. First up was Lynch Lane...

The Edminston and the UKSA are collaborating in order to support and encourage young people from minority communities to participate in outdoor and maritime activities. Edmiston and the UKSA are pleased to announce an important collaboration between Edmiston, one of...

So-called 'Nottingham Knockers' are said to be operating on the Isle of Wight at present, leading to Trading Standards issuing a warning. The Council department says they have received a worrying number of reports that groups of men, who are...

Shanklin Theatre has been awarded £74.502 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced. Shanklin...

Sandown’s Broadway Centre, Los Altos Park and The Heights are being used as the backdrop for the filming of a forthcoming TV adaptation of Nicholas Blake’s The Beast Must Die. The BritBox series will be shown over 5 episodes at...

A number of high-profile organisations have expressed support for the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership's (LEP) new networking programme for business leaders from small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), another LEP initiative developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit...

Local designer and artist Julie North recently presented the Island's High Sheriff Mrs Caroline Peel and Shanklin Mayor Steve Knight with a special stained glass window to celebrate National Libraries Week. The window, donated by Nova Construction, depicts poet and...

Quay Arts and Ventnor Exchange have been awarded a combined grant of £231,927 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable...

"Have fun but keep the Island safe" — that's the message from the Isle of Wight Council with the October half-term fast approaching. With Halloween and Bonfire Night also on the horizon, the Council is urging everyone to stay safe...