Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter has landed on the green beside Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station this evening (Wednesday) to airlift an injured sailor to hospital. The incident began around 17:15 when a Mayday call was issued by a 22m sailing yacht...

Photo: @FreashwaterFire Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have been scrambled alongside local Coastguard officers and Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat to an injured individual at Compton this evening (Wednesday). The red and white helicopter...

Aldi’s Isle of Wight stores are now donating surplus food directly to the Pop Up Soup Kitchen, which serves homeless people living across the Isle of Wight. The new partnership follows on from a successful trial between the supermarket and...

A brand-new, working deer farm is set to open its gates to visitors on the Isle of Wight this week - with plans for a working abattoir within 12 months.  The farm, situated in 'Paradise Valley' at Nunnery Lane on...

Award-winning children's author Kieran Larwood will be reading from his work at the first Freshwater Book Fair The rich literary tradition of the West Wight's largest village is to be celebrated in a new event taking place on the first...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses following the theft of commemorative coins worth thousands of pounds from a house in Chale. Hampshire Constabulary are investigating the burglary which happened in Westside Lane, Chale at some point...

A team of 11 cyclists from the Isle of Wight are on their way to Spain as part of a charity fundraising ride in memory of their friend, Darren Andrew. The 'Always with D' team set off from St Thomas...

A new community access defibrillator has been installed outside Lifeline Fire & Security's offices at Riverway in Newport, thanks to the efforts of Lifeline, Medina Foodservice, Buywise and Premier Ford. Over 30,000 people suffer from sudden cardiac arrest at home...

A 15-year-old boy has been flown to a mainland hospital after being seriously injured on a residential street in Cowes last night (Tuesday). The teenager is understood to have received head injuries as a result of being assaulted ‘with a...

There is still time for children across the Isle of Wight to take to the waves of Sandown beach and learn vital open water safety skills for free with the RNLI and Swim England this summer. 'Swim Safe' is a...