Morrisons is seeking permission from the Isle of Wight Council to build a 'garden centre' at its recently refurbished store in Lake, even though it has already been built. A retrospective planning permission application has been submitted by Peacock +...

Photo: Cllr Ian Ward Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely attended Shanklin Chine on Sunday (19th May) to remember the heroism of military personnel during D-Day landings. The event, organised as part of the 75th anniversary commemoration of D-Day, was...

Christ the King College students Rory Allen and Sam Winter represented the school at the U14 'Road to Wimbledon' tennis tournament on Monday (20th May). The tournament was hosted by Linda Jones at Ventnor Tennis Club. Rory started off against...

Police arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of assault following an incident in Ryde last night (Tuesday). 5 Police units responded at speed to an address on West Street in the town at just before 20:30, which sparked interest amongst...

Mountbatten has announced that Dee Curless is the first end of life community nurse specialist on the Isle of Wight to be presented with the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse. Consultant Nurse Dee has cared for Islanders who are approaching...

The Isle of Wight Council is confident standards at one of its care homes will improve very quickly after it was rated as ‘requires improvement’ by inspectors. Following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection at The Gouldings in Freshwater last...

19 children from the Isle of Wight's Starlight Boutique Dance Academy travelled to Worthing on Sunday to compete in their first BDO Street Dance Championships. A whole host of other groups from across the South Coast took part in the...

Work on a brand new, 100-bed Premier Inn hotel in Sandown is progressing well with foundation piling now complete. Substantial engineering work has been taking place over the past few months to create the foundations for the new hotel and...

Organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival have revealed the final names for the 2019 festival, which kicks off British festival season in just 3 weeks’ time. Sundara Karma, Ferris & Sylvester, Electric Enemy and Wight Noize competition winners Sub...

A dramatic video showing how a simple fire can quickly develop and take hold has been captured as part of a training exercise for new recruits to the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Over the past 2 weeks,...