Bluestar and Red Funnel Ferries have together unveiled a brand new double decker bus to serve their Quayconnect partnership.  Quayconnect is a bus service operated by Bluestar on behalf of Red Funnel, which links Southampton Central Station with the city’s...

Family and friends of Damien Nettles, the 16-year-old teenager who went missing from Cowes on the Isle of Wight in 1996, are today (Friday) marking 22 years since his disappearance. Damien, who would now be 38-years-old, was last seen on...

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...

Hovertravel will not be dropping the price of their season tickets despite cutting their 15 minute cross-Solent service, it has been confirmed. Commuters have been hit hard by this week's announcement that the operator has scrapped its 15-minute timetable during...

Following the disappointing first league loss of the season, Sandown & Shanklin RFC looked to get back on track - yet they knew that visiting Bognor RFC would be a tough nut to crack in order to get back to...

Wight Model Railway Group are to host their annual 'Wight Rail' exhibition at Medina Leisure Centre in Newport this coming weekend (Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th November). Visitors will be able to explore 11 local and visiting layout from Z gauge to...

Photo: Jamie Penn Island Con will not return to the Isle of Wight next year as the company behind the annual event, Alliance Conventions, has been forced into insolvency. Large financial losses suffered by the running of both 2018 and...

UPDATED: Firefighters have been called to a potential hazardous materials incident at a care home in Ryde this afternoon (Thursday). 1 appliance from Ryde has been mobilised to the Easthill Home for the Deaf on Pitt Street, Swanmore. The Isle...

Electrician Jordan Power was delighted to return to his old school recently as part of an Island Roads volunteering team. Jordan and 4 colleagues answered a request from Nine Acres Primary for help in repainting the school’s hall. Using colours...

UPDATED: A body has been discovered in woodland in a remote part of Central Wight this lunchtime (Thursday). Police, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard are currently on scene in a field off the main Carisbrooke to...