A power cut is affecting homes and businesses in Yarmouth, Thorley, Shalfleet and Wellow in the West Wight this evening (Thursday). 62 postcode areas in the PO41 region have been hit by the high voltage network fault, which occurred at...

Red Funnel's 'Red Kestrel', a brand new freight ferry for the company's East Cowes to Southampton route, will hit the water for the first time on Tuesday. At 74m in length, Red Kestrel will provide 265 lane metres of roll-on/roll-off...

Local singer Jessica White is hoping to progress through to the next round of a competition run by a popular bar in Soho, London. Archer Street Cocktail Bar is looking for the next hot act in a singing competition called Archer...

A rescued cockerel who was found alive among the bodies of dead chickens by a team of road workers is desperately seeking a new home. Cedric the cockerel was found by a road repair team alongside the dead chickens who...

Special fencing in keeping with its parkside location is being planned for Lord Louis Library at Newport. The fencing will be designed to help counter issues of anti-social behaviour around the library, bus station and Church Litten. It follows the...

Isle of Wight-based design studio, Brightbulb Design, have achieved further success across the Solent at the 18th annual Portsmouth Business Excellence Awards. The team picked up a ’highly commended’ award in the 2019 ‘Small Business of the Year’ category. This...

Police are investigating whether the theft of a bicycle and power tools from a property in Northwood is linked with the theft of 2 bikes in Brighstone earlier this week. A White Boardman hybrid mountain bike and 3 cordless powertools...

The Vectis Corps of Drums have recently been donated £500 by Isle of Wight firm Rob Kingswell Heavy Haulage Ltd. Rob Kingswell, who used to be in a band himself and supports many local organisations, generously donated the money to...

Island Roads will be deploying gritters across the Isle of Wight road network during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Friday). Treatment of major routes will commence at 04:00 as a precautionary measure. The cold weather isn't expected to last...

L-R Michelle Davis with judges Dominic Pope, Emma Wharton and Joe Alabaster This week over 330 children from 11 Isle of Wight primary schools took part in Isle Dance - a local dance competition for primary school pupils. The competition...