The Isle of Wight Council's Trading Standards team are warning residents to beware of a new scam. The scam sees text messages sent to individuals advising that they are due a council tax rebate. There is then a request for...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Whiterails Road near Wootton this afternoon (Tuesday). Persons are feared trapped in the wreckage of the 2-vehicle crash, which has occurred between Solent Grange care home and Butterfly World. Police have...

L-R: Lora Peacey-Wilcox, Christoph Kunz, Capt. Stuart McIntosh and Ian Griffiths. The Isle of Wight's up-and-coming cruise destination port, Cowes Harbour, welcomed the maiden call of cruise ship HANSEATIC Nature yesterday (Monday). Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) held a plaque exchange...

The Isle of Man’s Microgaming have been titans in the online casino market since the early 90s, in fact they are widely recognised to have launched the world’s first proper online casino software in 1994. With that level of pedigree...

The dream of a Marbella-style beach club in Sandown seems to be over as it is announced that the Origin project has been 'cancelled' by the Carlauren group. At the beginning of May it was revealed that a luxury beach...

Young rowers from Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club took part in the prestigious National Schools Regatta at Dorney Lake at the weekend. Ethan Walters and Riley Horrix, who are both part of the Isle of Wight Council Talented Athlete Programme, were...

Smallbrook Stadium will be the host venue for the first round of the ACU British Sidecar Speedway Championships this coming Saturday (1st June). The breathtaking 1000 cc methanol-guzzling sidecars are heading to the Isle of Wight with the UK’s top...

Photo: Dave Davies For the first time for several years the East Cowes-based RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre staged an open day on Sunday. Highpoint of the 6-hour event was the naming of a D Class lifeboat, named after the late...

A murder investigation has been launched on the Isle of Wight tonight (Monday) following the discovery of a body in woodland in Lake. Police have arrested a 60-year-old man from Sandown on suspicion of murder after the body of a...

Police have descended on an area of Lake and have sealed off a byway following a serious incident this evening (Monday). At around 17:15, a number of officers responded to the area surrounding Scotchells Brook Lane off Newport Road. They...