Online ticket sales for the Island car Centre Sandown Sprint, to be held over 28th/29th March 2020, will close tomorrow (Friday 13th March 2020). Promoter Tim Addison commented: “Our allocation for pre-event tickets has now virtually sold out. We will...

Photo: Contributed. The victim of a serious crash on Middle Road near Chessell has thanked those who responded to the emergency on Christmas Eve. On 24th December 2019, Keith had just visited friends and was returning home to Freshwater when...

Concerns over the potential for coronavirus to spread through air conditioning systems, making them unsafe to use, is raising unnecessary fears says Will Overton of Vectis Refrigeration.  One example of this is a widely reported incident from Singapore suggesting that...

The 2020 Mike Howley Trust awards are now open for applications. Mike Howley, who worked for many years as Director of Cultural Services for the Isle of Wight Council, died in May 2013, leaving part of his estate “for the...

Not since the days of Red Rum has a horse won the Grand National carrying top weight. And none has ever won the Aintree spectacular for three consecutive years. On the brink of making history, the Gordon Elliott trained Tiger...

HM Coastguard is assisting an individual cut off by the tide on a remote stretch of coast below Undercliff Drive between Niton and St Lawrence this lunchtime (Thursday). Coastguard Rescue Officers from Ventnor and Bembridge have been mobilised to the...

Ascensos has teamed up with the Isle of Wight College to deliver a full-day First Aid course focused on mental health in the workplace. Employees learned how to spot the signs of mental distress in themselves and fellow colleagues and...

"Effective relationships between pupils and staff make this school a caring and friendly community" - that's the words of Ofsted inspectors following a recent visit to Cowes Primary School. Ofsted carried out their first inspection of the Edinburgh Close school...

After being a huge success last summer, the Awakening Festival returns again this year for another weekend of wellness and self-love away from all the hectic responsibilities of day to day life. The weekend will feature a variety of wellbeing...

A community hub offering a range of services and facilities in the rural south wight is what South Wight Area Youth (SWAY) believe would be a huge boost to the rural communities of the area. Since the closing of Chale...