Firefighters are assisting colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service in rescuing a casualty from a trench at a property in Ryde tonight (Wednesday). 2 crews are on scene at Thornton Manor on Thornton Manor Drive near Puckpool, where...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has airlifted a seriously ill patient from Ventnor to Southampton General Hospital this evening (Wednesday). Ambulances and a co-responder from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to an address in...

Isle of Wight Council staff and services have received national recognition after being shortlisted in this year’s Municipal Journal Achievement Awards. The accolades showcase the very best in people, projects and practice across the local government arena. The Isle of...

The popular public tennis courts at Northwood Park have now been served up with a long-term future thanks to the huge generosity of an Isle of Wight business. The courts would have faced imminent closure this year with the original...

Pupils from St Helens Primary School will be enjoying free sailing lessons this Summer, thanks to support from Sea View Yacht Club and Southern Vectis.  The yacht club offers to teach youngsters to sail over a 10 week period, thanks to...

Island Roads is to undertake a programme of maintenance work to Medina Way dual carriageway over the next 2 nights (Wednesday and Thursday). The work on what is one of the Island’s busiest roads is being undertaken overnight in order...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club travelled to Oxfordshire for the Abingdon Spring Head Race on Sunday 14th April. There were promising results for the club yet again, most notably Riley Horrix’s win in the J15 1x. In the same event, Ethan...

A Newport man is in the final days of training for this Sunday's London Marathon, which he will run to raise vital funds for children with cancer. David Sparkes will be putting his fitness to the test on Sunday 28th...

The Mayor of Ventnor is calling for the Isle of Wight Council to reinstate a popular playground after it was almost entirely ripped out without warning. An area off North Street in Ventnor is now looking bare after Council staff...

Drivers who lovingly cleaned and polished their cars over the scorching Bank Holiday weekend will be feeling deflated this morning after 'dirty rain' swept across the Isle of Wight overnight. Saharan dust mixed in with rain showers has left cars...