Following the success of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Ambulance Training and Community Response Services (ATCoRS) Restart a Heart day last October, when over 1,000 people were trained in life-saving skills, the team has already smashed their 1,500 target...

Traffic is reported to be absolutely gridlocked in Ryde as a result of 2 'unexpected' road closures this morning (Tuesday). Queens Road has been closed to all traffic heading into Ryde from Binstead, whilst the adjacent Argyll Street has been...

Schools across the Isle of Wight are set to receive a funding boost next year following an announcement by Government on Friday (11th October) – and MP Bob Seely is delighted. Schools across England have been told how much additional...

It has been announced that Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of wight, Mrs Susie Sheldon JP, has become Patron of Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat. Her acceptance was received in May of this year, however, it was agreed that she settle...

With more and more uncertainty piling up after another unproductive round of negotiations with Brussels, people are starting to worry about how a no deal Brexit will affect their winter and half-term holidays. With less than a month until the...

The Isle of Wight's Starlight Boutique is celebrating success at the BDO South West Street Dance Championships in Chippingham. A large group of local dancers, aged 6 to 15, headed over to the mainland on Sunday 6th October. A fantastic...

Art and music will feature as part of Mountbatten’s events programme in the coming weeks. Clare Alexander’s landscape and portrait exhibition will feature a series of oil paintings capturing Island beauty spots. Clare, a student at London Fine Art Studios,...

Ben Johnson of the Wightlink Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team travelled to the south of France last weekend to take part in the biggest mountain bike event in Europe. Taking place over 4 days from 9th-13th October, numerous races are...

Photo: Graham Reading Photography Celebrated Liverpool poet Brian Patten has written a poem to ‘Toxic Lady’, the latest sculpture by artist Clare Ralph Leonty made with radioactive uranium glass. The sculpture is of the torso of a woman sculpted in...

Las Vegas, the epicentre of gambling, has seen visitors to its casinos decline in recent years. One contributing factor to that could be the rise in popularity of online gambling. After all, when you have online casinos and betting shops...