It turns out we really do like to be beside the seaside, with Shanklin being named in the list of the UK’s best seaside towns for families in a new study. With trips to the seaside a childhood highlight for...

Parents, students, teachers, support staff and trade unions met in St Thomas’ Square in Newport on Thursday to raise concerns over a ‘local scandal’ - that hundreds of Island children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being failed....

A major 23-week Island Roads project to repaint the entire length of Yarmouth Bridge is to begin in June. It will be the first time the 90-metre long structure will have been taken back to the metal and completely repainted...

Isle of Wight waters at Bembridge and between Cowes and Yarmouth are amongst new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) announced by the Government today (Friday). It has been announced that 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) around the coasts of England...

This page contains details of planning applications submitted to the Isle of Wight Council for which the consultation period commences on or after the Friday of publication. Each application can be looked up in detail at https://www.iow.gov.uk/planning/, quoting the application number....

A child has been rescued by a swimmer after being swept out to sea on a paddleboard at Seagrove Bay near Seaview this afternoon (Thursday). Bembridge RNLI were tasked for an immediate launch at around 16:35 after a member of...

3 decorated ex-servicemen from the Isle of Wight are being given VIP treatment by Wightlink at the start of their trip to France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Tom Bodman, Antony ‘Bert’ Cuthbertson and Peter Evans, whose combined service...

Local businesses on Shanklin Esplanade have blasted Island Roads for cordoning off around 15 car parking spaces during the busy half term period. Motorists struggled to find a space to park yesterday (Wednesday) as a result of the works at...

Bouldnor vertipools Isle of Wight eco-engineering design company, Artecology, has been selected to take part in a major international marine conservation project.  MARINEFF, supported by the European cross-border Cooperation Programme and the European Regional Development Fund with 9 UK and...

If you've already got a nice tan developing or have found yourself burning quicker than normal then it may be down to unusually high UV levels being experienced across the Isle of Wight. Local weather experts IW Met Service have...