An unwell woman aboard a 28ft yacht with a broken engine led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat racing across the Solent this evening (Thursday). The yacht's crew reported to Solent Coastguard that the vessel was drifting north-east of Hillhead Buoy, close...

The Isle of Wight Council have this week admitted that some motorists using the PaybyPhone app have been charged for overnight parking, despite the new £1 fee having not yet come into force. It was announced earlier this year that...

A consultation on the reinstatement of Undercliff Drive to traffic is being launched by the Isle of Wight Council.  The local authority is seeking the views of residents, businesses and visitors on possible plans to re-open the road which suffered...

Wight Tri Members Dave Sweet and Steve Dines recently travelled to West Sussex for the Chichester Lake Standard and Sprint Triathlons, taking place just outside Chichester in the Westhampnett lake. Dave, who is soon to represent the Isle of Wight...

The CLA and the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society’s prestigious awards celebrating rural work and life on the Island will be presented later this month at the Royal Isle of Wight County Show. The awards will honour those who...

The Isle of Wight Council is highlighting the dangers of scams as part of a national awareness-raising campaign. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau’s National Scams Awareness Fortnight runs from 10th-23rd June and runs for the next 2 weeks and aims to...

The Isle of Wight’s indoor trampoline park, Isle Jump, will be closing it’s doors next weekend, it has been confirmed.  Parents with parties booked at the Lake-based attraction during the month of July have been told that they can collect their...

Wight Rally Sport's Richard Weaver partnered with Hastings-based co-driver Tim Sayer to tackle the 2019 running of the charity-focused Abingdon Car-nival Stages on Sunday. The one-off pairing came about after Richard's plans to compete in Belgium with regular co-driver James...

53-year-old Nicholas Hawkins of Heathfield Road in Bembridge is to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court tomorrow (Friday) charged with directing or shining a light at an aircraft in flight so as to dazzle or distract the pilot....

Firefighters from Freshwater were called to a property in the West Wight late last night (Wednesday). 1 appliance was mobilised at the request of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service over concerns for the welfare of an elderly woman. The...