With the Isle of Wight’s residential and home-care sector faced with unprecedented challenges and needs in the COVID-19 crisis, Island volunteers, with the help of a national charity, have come together and launched an appeal to support those in care...

The main road between Sandown and Newport has been closed near Apse Heath due to emergency water works. A burst main has resulted in the closure of Newport Road between Apse Heath roundabout and Sandown Airport. Some residents in the...

Hearing experts on the Isle of Wight are issuing important advice over how to support relatives and friends with hearing loss who are impacted by the COVID-19 lockdown. People living with hearing loss can feel isolated under normal circumstances –...

The number of Islanders who have died having tested positive for coronavirus has increased from 19 to 21, according to NHS England. This afternoon's (Saturday’s) data release shows that another 2 people have died at St Mary's Hospital, with the...

HM Coastguard are conducting a search of the beach at Shanklin this lunchtime (Saturday) following the discovery of a pile of clothing. Coastguard Rescue Officers from Bembridge and Ventnor are on scene at the far end of the Esplanade with...

Among the praise for key workers, there is an important, sometimes invisible group at the heart of our community doing an incredible job - Foster carers. As well as caring for their own children and managing their careers, foster carers...

A blaze which ripped through several gardens before spreading to and destroying a house in Ryde on Thursday afternoon is thought to have been caused by sunlight shining on a glass bottle in a hedge. Firefighters from across the Island...

The military have begun testing key workers from across the Isle of Wight at the COVID-19 drive-through testing station in Newport this morning (Saturday). Dozens of cars have already passed through the mobile testing facility, which will now remain open...

A new scheme to encourage key workers to choose cycling as their preferred mode of travel has got off to a flying start. Within a week of its launch, the Isle of Wight Council's Key Worker Cycle Scheme has given...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge, Ventnor and The Needles are working to rescue an individual who has become stuck on the cliffs at Culver this evening (Friday). The incident is currently unfolding after the alarm was raised by the casualty...