The Isle of Wight Council's Trading Standards team are reminding Islanders to never engage with an uninvited caller following an incident yesterday (Monday) in which a white van man tried to sell 'reduced price' services to a vulnerable resident. A...

Parents whose child is staying on in education after picking up their GCSE results are urged to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) so that Child Benefit doesn’t stop. Teens taking approved courses are eligible for the benefit, worth up...

A power cut is affecting homes and businesses in Sandown this afternoon (Tuesday). A total of 18 postcodes in the PO36 8 area have lost supply as a result of a network fault. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a flat fire at an address in Shanklin this morning (Tuesday). 3 appliances from Shanklin, Sandown and Newport are currently on scene at Grange Road, where crews wearing breathing apparatus...

Fishing lakes, commercial properties and residential developments across the Isle of Wight are all going under the hammer in September - among 170 lots being sold by Clive Emson, the regional land and property auctioneers. A plot off Staplers Road,...

Casinos have come a long way from their humble beginning. If in the past you had to visit a certain establishment to play a game of poker with your friends, now you can just go online and play with them...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club enjoyed more success at the final Hants and Dorset regatta of the season on Saturday (17th August). The Men’s Junior Four of George Glenister, Jamie Gamble, Riley Horrix, Ethan Walters and Emily Faithfull (Cox) who, having...

A blaze that broke out at the former Trinity Middle School site in Newport late last night (Monday) is not being investigated by Police at the request of the site owners, it has been confirmed. As first reported by Island...

EPSON MFP image Hillbans Pest Control, the Island's leading pest control provider, has been featured in a full page editorial within the UK pest control industry’s PPC95 magazine, published by the BPCA (British Pest Control Association). The nationwide exposure is...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a blaze at a derelict school in Newport tonight (Monday).  5 appliances from Newport, Cowes, East Cowes and Ryde are on scene at Wellington Road, Carisbrooke where a fire has...