Small to Medium-sized (SME) manufacturers on the Isle of Wight are being urged to take their share of a £6.5million funding boost to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and address key barriers to growth. The Manufacturing Growth Programme,...

Fire crews from Sandown and Shanklin have freed a person trapped inside a lift in Shanklin this evening (Monday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Abbeyfield on Queen's Road to carry out a lift rescue at around 19:00. Once on scene,...

This is your new weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. Monday 22nd - Friday 26th June 2020 • Mark Hergest, 53, of Arctic Road, Cowes admitted 3 counts of...

A 43-year-old man from the Isle of Wight has been arrested as part of a major, multi-agency investigation into the attempted smuggling of migrants into the UK via boat. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), the National Crime Agency,...

Firefighters from Ventnor have extinguished a small fire in the open at Whitwell this evening (Monday). 1 appliance was mobilised to Nettlecombe Lane at around 18:45. The assistance of the water carrier was requested with the Ventnor resource soon arriving...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has written to cross-Solent ferry operator Wightlink asking for all of its services to resume at the earliest opportunity. In a letter to Wightlink’s Chief Executive, Keith Greenfield, Bob said he was keen to...

Sandown will once again be entering the South & South East in Bloom competition, which for 2020 will be judged remotely. Alan Jones, Chair of Sandown Community Association and Christine Jackson, Chair of Sandown Green Town Volunteers have confirmed that...

Travellers on the Cowes Floating Bridge will soon be able to pay staff using contactless bank cards. With cash payments no longer accepted due to coronavirus, and the increasing use of the popular Saver Cards, the Isle of Wight Council...

Councillors have criticised the online consultation on a plan which could see oil drilled on the Isle of Wight. Those not having access to the internet would have to spend £150 on a paper copy of one document relating to...

For the second year running a student from CECAMM at The Isle of Wight College has won the national title of ‘BTEC Engineering Learner of the Year’. The College’s CECAMM facility in East Cowes opened in 2017 and continues to...