The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Application No: 20/01189/HOU...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed at a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road near Havenstreet tonight (Thursday).  A single vehicle has left the road and come to rest upside down in a field having careered...

A motor boat skipper misjudged an afternoon out on the Solent and ended up high and dry on the rocks at Thorness Bay. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to the northern shore near...

A small boat has been smashed to pieces by the power of the sea in one of the hardest-to-reach areas of the Isle of Wight. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were mobilised at 11:36 this morning (Thursday) following reports received by...

Firefighters from Sandown and Shanklin responded to a fire on the marshes at Sandown earlier this evening (Thursday). 2 appliances turned out at 18:23 following reports of a bird viewing platform alight near Copse End, close to Morton Common. Beaters...

Police have been busy working to disrupt the supply of Class A drugs across the Isle of Wight. Enforcement work has been undertaken including the execution of a drugs warrant at an address in Shanklin on Tuesday. A 57-year-old woman...

Police have carried out what is understood to be the execution of a search warrant at an address in Newport this evening (Thursday). 7 vehicles, including the Armed Response Vehicle and a Dog Unit, are currently in attendance on School...

An emergency appeal launched to help the Island’s RSPCA branch provide animal welfare services throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond has reached over £20,000. RSPCA Isle of Wight branch manager Suzanne Pugh said the local organisation has been heartened and...

A great-grandmother says her social life has been ‘busier than ever’ since lockdown, thanks to local friendship group the Oddfellows. Despite COVID restrictions being in place, Monica Duncan, has ‘zoomed’ across the UK, socialising with Oddfellows members nationwide, and even...

Community radio station Vectis Radio has increased its signal strength with a little help from Island Roads. Following full technical clearance from the regulator Ofcom, Vectis Radio has installed a new transmitter which has extra power to improve the station’s...