The Isle of Wight Council is offering a free 12-month parking permit for owners of new, zero-emission electric vehicles. The All Island Electric Vehicle Permit is open to owners of vehicles registered to an Island address between 1st April 2019...

Friday night at Rhythmtree traditionally has a celebratory party feel and this year the excitement will be racked up a few extra notches. Organisers of this July's festival have announced that Alabama 3, the group named as 'the best live...

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. Clicking each link will take you through to the application where planning documents...

Islanders across the East Wight had their eyes to the skies this afternoon (Thursday) when a RAF C17 Globemaster made a rare appearance in local airspace. It is not unusual to see the odd Chinook helicopter flying around the Isle...

"We were not protected, we were placed at risk" - they are the words of Nikki Flux-Edmonds following the publication of a NHS independent investigation into the death of her 6-year-old daughter Keziah, who was drowned by her mentally ill father...

Independent Arts has secured 3 years of funding for SingAbout, an Island-wide project providing regular weekly singing clubs for older people living with a range of conditions including dementia and social isolation. The £117,900 grant from The Henry Smith Charity...

As the saying goes ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’. With that in mind the NSPCC is appealing to people who may be spring cleaning their home over the bank holiday weekend to stop and think before throwing things...

Improvisational cellist and composer Nina Plapp, who originally hails from the Isle of Wight, is heading home to play for 2 nights only with The Hidden Compass Quartet at Ventnor Arts Club later this month. Nina studied in London and has gone on...

2 Mountbatten Nurses, 1 from Mountbatten’s community team and 1 from the hospice’s inpatient unit, are training hard to take part in this year’s ABP Southampton Marathon event – raising funds for Island families facing death, dying and bereavement. Vicky...

Firefighters ventilating the below deck area A staff member who was seriously injured on the Cowes Floating Bridge in September last year was 'exposed to or came in contact with a harmful substance', it has been confirmed. Little has been...