Work has finally started on the long-derelict building at the corner of Fitzroy Street and Station Avenue in Sandown, nearly a year after the owners were prosecuted by the Isle of Wight Council for failing to maintain the land. The...

A haul of suspected counterfeit tobacco items and a quantity of cash were seized from a vape shop in Newport this afternoon (Wednesday) as part of an ongoing investigation. Detectives and officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary executed...

Captiva Homes has officially launched the Captiva Academy, welcoming its first apprentices onto site – with a helping hand from national builders’ merchant Jewson, who have sponsored each apprentice with their very own toolkit. The launch took place at Sovereign...

Junior athletes from Ryde Rowing Club and Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club returned from the Itchen Imperial Junior Regatta in Southampton on Sunday (28th September) with an impressive collection of medals, following a strong showing across multiple age groups and boat...

Joe Robertson, MP for East Wight, has written to all Isle of Wight Councillors ahead of a crunch vote this evening (Wednesday) urging them to vote down the Government’s proposals for a Mayor covering Hampshire and the Isle of Wight....

In its second mission to the Island of the day so far, the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed on the beach at Shanklin this morning (Wednesday) to aid an unwell individual at a local B&B. It...

The 104-bedroom Broadway Park Hotel in Sandown has been purchased by Caledonian Leisure, which operates under the Caledonian Travel and UKBreakaways brands. Following the acquisition, the property will be renamed as The Caledonian Island Hotel - a title chosen to reflect...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down in central Ryde this morning (Wednesday) as specialist medics respond to a life-threatening situation in the town. It was just gone midnight that the air ambulance was scrambled to...

For millions of football fans around the UK and the world, the weekly ritual is to scour the weekend fixtures on your Friday lunch break. The global stars and wall-to-wall media coverage of the Premier League are difficult to resist....

Picture the scene, you are scrolling through Twitter, or X as it is now known, and you see another skit by the team from Paddy Power. The Irish bookmakers are famous for their office based look at poking fun at...