HM Coastguard is urging swimmers cooling down in the water this weekend and throughout the summer to swim safely.  There have been a number of incidents this weekend sparked by the warm weather and large numbers of people opting for...

WightAID helped arrange a mid-week stay for one deserving Isle of Wight family recently after receiving an unexpected phone call from Nettlecombe Farm, who kindly offered a free stay during half-term in one of their quaint cottages on site. Nettlecombe...

A district nurse from the Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been awarded a top prize by the Queen’s Nursing Institute. Liane Worth, Associate Community Matron, has won the ‘Philip Goodeve-Docker’ memorial prize from the Queen’s Nursing Institute. The prize...

Hampshire Golf captain Colin Roope will look to his 2 Shanklin & Sandown college players to help the county side maintain their 100% South Division record when they face Sussex at North Hants on Sunday. The Blackmoor man has called...

A couple who experienced an unexpected problem with their anchor chain had to call on the help of Cowes RNLI lifeboat yesterday afternoon (Friday). The couple had diverted their 50ft yacht to Osborne Bay for a leisure break while on...

Actor, television producer and competitor Michael Kitchen fired the starting cannon from the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes at 07:30 this morning (Saturday) to mark the start of the 88th Round the Island Race. Kitchen, known particularly for his role as...

Directors at Diverse Marine are celebrating 12 months since they acquired the assets and equipment of their former employers South Boats IOW, securing the employment of 20 staff on the site at Medina Yard. From humble beginnings, but always with...

A local woman has been left with a life-threatening brain injury and is in a critical condition in Southampton General Hospital tonight (Friday) following yesterday's horror crash on Briddlesford Road near Wootton. Police on the Isle of Wight are still...

Emergency services are battling to save the life of an individual after they were pulled from the water at Yaverland a short time ago. Dozens of emergency crews including 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams, Sandown & Shanklin Lifeboat, paramedics from the...

A section of Pyle Street in Newport has been cordoned off this afternoon (Friday) due to an ongoing emergency incident.  Police, fire and ambulance crews are on scene behind the Co-Operative store. It’s understood that emergency services are assisting a...