Cantobelle are presenting a concert of singing and piano solos in a celebration of music and of life on Saturday 19th October, in aid of The Wight Brainy Bunch. Guest artistes are Newchurch Male Voice Choir and the Island’s young...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is offering Islanders the opportunity to find out more about the transformation in community mental health services at a special Open Day this week, to coincide with World Mental Health Day. The event is...

Don Hobbs Last season’s Isle of Wight Table Tennis Association champions, Ryde A, showed their class last week with new team members Scott Lawson and Glenn Morley both winning all their matches against the Havenstreet Sleepers in Division One. The...

Police and paramedics are attending a minor road traffic collision on Lushington Hill in Wootton this morning (Tuesday). The incident has occurred near the junction with Park Road, which is closed for structural works by Island Roads. Lushington Hill remains...

L-R: Charlotte Francis (Swim England), Todd Miller, Amber Gardiner, Hannah Coulson-Kurowski, Wendy Randall, JJ Hulford-Funnell and Peter Baxter (RNLI) A second successful Swim Safe event at Sandown beach was held earlier this summer, meaning that over 3,000 children have now...

Ryde Rowing Club competed in the Itchen Imperial Rowing Club’s Junior Sprint Regatta on Saturday (5th October) on the River Itchen, Southampton. Success came for the Wightlink-sponsored club in the Girls J16 Double Sculls event where Freya Drage and Niamh Edwards...

There may be a new lease of life for the site of a glass-blowing workshop on the Island as the glassworks at Madeira Lane, Freshwater goes to auction with a guide price of £300,000+. The Glassworks is among 130 lots...

The Domestic Abuse Bill passed its Second Reading in Parliament on Wednesday (2nd October), something which has been welcomed by the Island's MP. The Bill will introduce the first-ever statutory definition of domestic abuse, recognising that abuse can take many...

iWight Developments - led by the Isle of Wight Council - has announced details of a public information day to be held in East Cowes later this month, to discuss its recent planning application for up to 165 new homes...

Small firms are calling on the Government to secure a Brexit deal and come forward with radical policy interventions to arrest a dogged lack of confidence among business owners as new Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) research shows rising costs...