The Royal Ocean Racing Club is expecting in excess of 100 entries for this year's 'Race the Wight', scheduled to start on Saturday 1st August. Race the Wight will be the first of a 4-race RORC mini-series during August and...

A dog has been shot dead by Armed Police after an attack left 2 people with serious injuries in Sandown last night (Sunday), with 1 woman being flown to Salisbury Hospital with potentially life-changing injuries. As first reported by Island...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is calling for the Government to work with industry to roll out the world’s most extensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network by 2025. SSEN argues that world-leading public access to EV charge points will...

Premier Inn's newest hotel has been revealed for the very first time as scaffolding around the 100-bed hotel on the seafront at Sandown is removed. The construction of the brand new hotel and Cookhouse & Pub restaurant on Sandown Esplanade...

Thousands of benefit claimants moving to Universal Credit are set to receive up to 2 weeks of additional cash to provide them with extra support. From Wednesday (22nd July), if someone’s existing claim of income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment...

This week the children’s ward at St Mary's Hospital celebrated reaching their target of £4,800 for Phoebe’s Light. The Accuview vein finder, nicknamed Phoebe’s Light after a very special girl in the children’s ward care, helps medics see difficult to...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat has launched to a becalmed yacht some 15 miles south of the lifeboat station this morning (Sunday). Solent Coastguard requested that the volunteer crew launched the lifeboat shortly after 11:00 this morning when a Pan...

A 45-year-old man from Seaview has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and 2 other offences following a crash in Ryde this morning (Sunday). Police were called at just gone 06:00 to reports of a single vehicle collision involving...

Landowners are being urged to tackle the growing problem of Himalayan Balsam before it takes seed and threatens more of the Island’s waterways. The appeal comes from Natural Enterprise who are currently in the frontline of the annual battle to...

Firefighters have extinguished a small fire in woodland at East Cowes Esplanade tonight (Saturday). 1 appliance from the town was mobilised at 21:01 following reports of a fire in amongst the woods near the children’s playground. 1 extended hose reel...