The bell from a United States Navy ship that was sunk off the Isle of Wight the night before 'Operation Overlord' began is to be returned to the American authorities. USS Osprey was lost on 5th June 1944 when she...

The Isle of Wight’s Noël Turner Physics Festival is set to grow thanks to an exciting new partnership with Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium. The festival, which has inspired and engaged school children across the Island in physics for the...

Tops Day Nurseries, based on the Isle of Wight College campus in Newport, have celebrated a recent accolade of becoming the South’s 'Nursery of the Year’ as awarded by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA). A garden party was organised...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating a theft from a vehicle in broad daylight on the outskirts of Wootton last Friday. 3 rings, a laptop, bank cards and items of clothing were all grabbed from a parked car...

The Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) vaccination programme is being offered to boys for the first time as part of the routine immunisation schedule in England. The local 0-19 Public Health Service will be rolling out the programme across Isle of...

The Isle of Wight’s end of summer bring-your-own-bucket celebration of people, place and nature, Under The Pier, was a packed and happy, species-rich spectacle last week. This free event hosted by Island-based environmental businesses Arc and Artecology, uncovers the coastal...

Isle of Wight resident Dana Edkins-Wherry has started her journey to teach life-saving CPR to as many secondary school pupils and youth community groups as possible. Dana, from Newport, was crowned a ‘Heart Hero’ by the British Heart Foundation (BHF)...

An independent opticians in Ryde have launched a hearing care service to meet the increasing needs of the local population. Ryde Opticians and Hearing Care, on Union Street, are offering a complimentary hearing health check to celebrate the launch, when...

Citizens Advice are the recipients of the first major grant to be awarded by Asda on the Isle of Wight. Their project, of which Asda will fund £4,152, will see a purpose-built advice pod installed at Aspire Ryde - with...

A man has been plucked from the sea by the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter after going overboard from Wightlink's Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry. According to AIS tracking, the incident occurred around halfway across the Solent at approximately 11:20 as the...