Senior councillors will meet with local business representatives to discuss the proposed new parking charges in Newport and Ryde. Isle of Wight Council leader Councillor Dave Stewart and other Cabinet members want the views of the business associations in both...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating a report of a 39-year-old man being assaulted in Cowes, leaving him with a broken nose. The man and his wife were walking in the Birmingham Road area at some point between...

There was a standing ovation for the overall winner of Isle of Wight Radio’s 2018 Local Heroes Awards at a special ceremony in Cowes last Thursday. For more than 40 years, Brading’s Barbara Creed has been improving the lives of...

Following the success of the Southern Co-op's funeral home charity quiz night in October, a date has been set for a repeat performance but with a Christmas twist. A Christmas Charity Quiz Night is being held at The Dairyman's Daughter,...

Sandown & Shanklin RFC retraced some old steps of years gone by as they made the trip to Surrey's Purley John Fisher RFC for the second round of the RFU London & South East Division Junior Vase. The Hurricanes made...

Following on from their recent ‘1996’ single release, the Isle of Wight’s Plastic Mermaids have just announced a live tour which will see them play 4 headline dates, sticking close to their roots along the South Coast. Plastic Mermaids have previously sold-out...

In order to make it even easier for Island residents to get all the information and advice they need, Citizens Advice Isle of Wight is moving from its current premises in Newport High Street directly across the road into the...

The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary has been voted the Best Free Family Attraction in the South East of England in a poll conducted by the ‘A Day out with the Kids' website. A Day out with the Kids lists...

UPDATED: A collection box for this year's Poppy Appeal has been stolen from a church in Ryde. The shocking discovery was made at All Saints' Church on Queens Road yesterday (Tuesday). It's feared hundreds of pounds could now be in...

The new Chairman of the Isle of Wight branch of the CLA, Laurence Taylor, says rural businesses are facing great uncertainty – but new opportunities as well as challenges await. Mr Taylor has replaced Susie Sheldon in one of the...