Archaeology, machinery and engineering, architecture and nature are just a few sources of inspiration for Andrew Dowden's handmade, hand-carved sculptural ceramics on show in July at the Quarr Abbey Art Gallery. A carpenter for 20 years, Andrew was inspired to...

Wightlink has congratulated customer Gary Theobald for notching up 35 years travelling from Yarmouth to Lymington to work at the Regent Centre in Christchurch. Staff surprised the season ticket holder as he arrived at Lymington to cross the Solent with...

4 crews and a sculler from the Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competed at Southsea Regatta on Saturday 29th June – the largest one-day regatta in the country where clubs from both the Hants & Dorset ARA and the Coast ARA...

Construction of the Isle of Wight's latest Premier Inn hotel is progressing well, with a fixed crane set to be installed on the Sandown Esplanade site from today (Monday). The foundations of the 100-bed building have been set and the...

Firefighters from Shanklin and Sandown have responded to a fire at Battery Gardens in Sandown this evening (Sunday). 2 appliances were mobilised to the scene off Beachfield Road at around 20:20 following a 999 call from a member of the...

Police have sealed off a field in Shanklin following the discovery of a body underneath a tree this evening (Sunday). A number of officers are currently on scene off Blythe Way and Silver Trees after they were alerted to the...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust football team will be taking on the Hampshire Constabulary football team in a special charity football game next Sunday (14th July 2019). The game will be played at Westwood Park in Cowes on Sunday...

Red Funnel’s vehicle ferry service is facing delays and cancellations today (Saturday) due to what is reported to be a fuel pump issue on board one of the company’s ferries.  The 06:00 sailing from Southampton was cancelled earlier this morning...

For the second successive home meeting, the Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors and Wightlink Wizards speedway teams delivered a fine pair of convincing victories beating Cradley in speedway’s National League and Milton Keynes in the Development League. The Warriors' victory...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat was tasked to assist a 24ft motorboat off the coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Friday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the lifeboat at just before 14:30 after receiving reports that a...