Just in time for National Libraries Week, the annual Summer Reading Challenge results are in. Over the summer holidays, the Isle of Wight Council’s library service set a challenge to Island children: to read 6 books over the 6 week...

An Isle of Wight woman who interrupted 2 people trying to steal her motorcycle from a car park in Ventnor last night (Friday) is appealing for help in locating her other motorcycle, which was unfortunately stolen from the same location....

The IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain tomorrow (Sunday). Forecasters say that spells of rain arriving during the early hours of Sunday morning will be come very heavy at times, with the potential for...

A technical issue with Hovertravel's Island Flyer, which has led to an hour-long delay, has left customers frustrated this morning (Saturday). Passenger arrived at the Ryde terminal as normal for the 08:15 crossing but were soon told there would be...

Wightlink customers have aired their anger and frustration following yesterday’s 5 hour delays on the Portsmouth to Fishbourne car ferry service. Things went wrong for the ferry operator when St Clare - the second biggest Ro-Ro ferry in the fleet...

A one-way system and a 20mph speed limit are to be introduced on Pan Lane in Newport next Friday (19th October) in a bid to improve pedestrian safety. It is said that there has been an increase in the number...

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...

MPs will next week debate a petition urging the Government to set up an independent regulatory body which will take meaningful action to stop racehorses dying - a petition that Isle of Wight residents have strongly backed. Over 105,000 signatures have...

This year's Wolverton Garden Fair raised a record-breaking £22,000 for Age UK Isle of Wight. A cheque for the bumper amount was presented by the Wolverton Committee at a thank you coffee morning for all of their hard working volunteers that...

Queensgate Foundation Primary School has won a special award for championing active travel. The East Cowes school has received a gold ‘Shift It’ award for encouraging more pupils to use sustainable ways to get to and from school. It’s only...