The Isle of Wight Council is set to shell out an additional £86,250 on employing the services of Jay Jayasundara of Jasmine Consulting as part of the PFI savings programme. Jasmine Consulting (UK) Ltd was brought in to help find...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has launched new initiatives to keep people connected with nature while restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 are in place.  Studies have shown that a strong connection with nature benefits our...

4 people in East Cowes are celebrating today after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode. The Clarence Road neighbours netted the windfall when PO32 6HB was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery today (Tuesday...

Connaught Road in East Cowes has been closed to allow Southern Water contractors to carry out emergency repairs to a leak. The residential street has been closed from its junction with Oakfield Road for a distance of 61 metres. Motorists...

When it comes to protecting your Isle of Wight home, it is vital that you have a good, solid home security system in place, and this includes considering a variety of customized alarms systems. Naturally, while we all hope that nothing...

Analysis of the data available for the coronavirus pandemic on the Isle of Wight shows that the local mortality rate is 19.64%. But how does that compare to other parts of the country and are we now reaching a peak...

52-year-old Ruth Brown 47-year-old Wayne Morris, who was arrested by Police in the Sandown area yesterday (Easter Sunday), has been charged with murder. Morris, of Larch Close in Bognor Regis, fled to the Isle of Wight on Saturday just hours...

Coastguard Rescue Officers conducted a shoreline search in Ryde this afternoon (Easter Monday) following the discovery of an upturned tender. It was reported to HM Coastguard shortly before 16:00 that a green tender had been sighted close to Ryde Pier....

A second motorcycle is reported to have been stolen on the Isle of Wight at some point between yesterday evening and this morning (Easter Monday). The black Suzuki DRZ 400, registration WU55 VXD, has gone missing from Shanklin Old Village....

Concerns for the welfare of an individual prompted an emergency response to Culver Down near Sandown for Police tonight (Easter Monday). Officers rushed to the beauty spot from Newport and Ryde at around 19:30 as part of a local search...