UPDATED: Hovertravel's Ryde to Southsea service has been suspended once again this morning (Saturday) following on from yesterday’s troubles, which saw Island Flyer out of action for over 9 hours. Over the past 24 hours the troubled hovercraft has barely moved...

The body of a 46-year-old man has been found at a property in Newport today (Friday). Less than an hour after Police were called to the discovery of a man’s body in Ryde, officers were called to Scarrots Lane in...

There were just 4 fire appliances ready to respond to an emergency anywhere on the Isle of Wight for a time on Wednesday afternoon, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed. Out of 10 stations and 12...

This is your weekly round-up of the latest court news, covering some of the cases heard by the Isle of Wight Combined Court over the past week. The convicted person’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are...

A new organisation focused on prevention, intervention and education surrounding suicide on the Isle of Wight has been established. Suicide Prevention & Intervention IOW (SPIIOW) aim to save lives through not only raising awareness of suicide, but by delivering training...

UPDATED: A body has been discovered at an address in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). 4 Police vehicles and an ambulance crew are currently in attendance at a residential address on St John’s Road, close to the junction with Player Street....

The highly talented Island Savoyards are to present 'A Christmas Carol' at Shanklin Theatre later this month. This fantastic version of the Charles Dickens classic, written by the award winning Alan Menken, will really get you in the festive mood....

Local charity Age UK Isle of Wight has partnered with community churches to welcome those with dementia, their carers, family and friends to a Dementia Friendly Christmas Carole Service this December. These welcoming services are shorter, more informal and specifically...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed figures showing that nearly a million disabled people have found work since 2013. The Department for Work and Pensions calculate there are 973,000 more disabled people in employment following government initiatives such...

Former Visit Isle of Wight finance officer Joanne Thornton has been given 4 months to pay back £33,875 that she stole from the tourism organisation. Thornton, 55, now of Snaithing Lane in Ranmore, Sheffield, admitted fraud by abuse of position...