High winds and choppy seas are causing travel disruption for those heading to and from the Isle of Wight this morning (Monday). Wightlink have cancelled the 10:05 car ferry sailing from Yarmouth as a result of the adverse conditions. At...

Shanklin Town Council are celebrating a double national success, for the second year running, for the standard and quality of its public toilets. The platinum awards are voted on by an independent and recognised body in the toilet industry and...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to reports of a fire at a property in Shanklin this evening (Sunday). 2 appliances from Shanklin and Sandown were mobilised to a residential address at Coronation Gardens at around...

Firefighters from across the Isle of Wight snubbed a planned exercise this weekend by booking themselves as unavailable in an apparent show of disgruntlement over recent and ongoing changes to the fire service locally. Only 2 out of 13 fire...

Working smoke alarms alerted the occupants of a property in Ryde to a fire developing in the kitchen during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). 2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were mobilised to Slade Road, Oakfield at around...

Car enthusiasts from across the country will once again be descending on the Isle of Wight in May for the annual IoW Ford Takeover event, which for 2019 will be held at Sandown Airport. Last year's show attracted more than...

A brand new independent living complex could soon be built on the site of the former Green Meadows Care Home on Colwell Road in Freshwater. Planning permission is being sought by Morgan Ashley Care Developments to erect a new building consisting...

New figures show the number of fly-tipping incidents remains alarmingly high, with nearly 1 million cases recorded by local authorities in a single year. Out of 997,553 fly-tipping incidents nationally in 2017/2018, just 137 vehicles were seized (down from 197...

Members of Solent Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) - covering Southampton, Portsmouth, South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - will be travelling to London next Thursday (22nd November). The group will be taking part in a rally coinciding...

The St John's Angel Festival has teamed up with the Island Innovation VI Form, Newport Business Association and 23 local businesses for this year's event - the 4th to date. A-Level students who are studying Fine Art Textiles have been...