One of the main roads through Lake will remain closed until at least tomorrow morning (Friday), it has been confirmed. Newport Road - the main A road connecting Sandown and Newport - has been closed for emergency repair work by...

A local headteacher has swapped pen for paint brush to produce a series of oil paintings that are now on display at the Full Circle Exhibition Space at St Mary's Hospital. Richard May's exhibition 'Second Sight' is on display throughout...

Sandown Carnival Association is offering a number of grants of £250 to encourage more groups to join in this year's 130th carnival celebrations in Sandown. Groups may apply for grants towards the cost of their carnival projects to cover materials,...

Around a dozen local good causes have applied for grants of between £3,000 and £16,000 from the Isle of Wight Foundation this year. Established by Island Roads in 2014, the foundation supports charities, community groups and local good causes that...

Firefighters in Shanklin are holding a charity car wash at the station on Languard Road this coming Saturday (11th May). Between 10:00-14:30 the retained crew will be getting their hoses out in aid of The Fire Fighters Charity and Meningitis...

A recruitment campaign has been launched to help fill 114 school governor vacancies across the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging Island businesses and their employees to support local schools by becoming governors. An event is...

The Cowes Floating Bridge has been taken out of service tonight (Wednesday) due to a mechanical fault - a fault which is not expected to be repaired until tomorrow afternoon. Shortly before 21:45 a hydraulic ram on the vessel developed...

‘Leaders and managers are taking effective action towards the removal of the serious weaknesses' were the words from Ofsted following a monitoring visit to Christ the King College by the inspectorate at the end of March. Significant progress has been...

With news of a new Royal baby making headlines across the world, Red Funnel is joining in the with the celebrations and has announced that it will be offering free foot passenger travel this weekend to all passengers named Archie....

UKSA is partnering with well-known seafront restaurant, The Hut, who will be raising funds for Polly’s Challenge – a unique watersports programme designed for the Isle of Wight’s young people. Polly’s Challenge was set up in memory of Polly Birch...