A major road improvement scheme to upgrade Newport’s busy Riverway Industrial Estate is due to begin at the end of the month. The project to improve the entire section between the Lifeline Security/Buywise Roundabout to the north and the ‘Lidl...

The Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet have tonight (Thursday) given the go ahead for controversial plans to change how the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service operates - despite the Scrutiny Committee recommending the plans are deferred for 6...

Newport IW Football Club have made the decision to pull out of the Harwoods Isle of Wight Saturday leagues, citing difficulties in getting enough footballers together to compete. The decision affects both Newport Reserves in Division 1 and Newport A in Combination...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team have responded to reports of an upturned kayak in Sandown Bay this afternoon (Thursday). The alarm was raised at around 14:10 when Solent Coastguard received an emergency call from a...

Shakespeare Schools Festival, the world's largest youth drama project, is coming to the Isle of Wight this Autumn and 3 local schools are set to take part. Students from around 900 schools across the UK are getting involved with the...

A new, free app giving people round-the-clock access to Isle of Wight library service has been launched. Spydus Mobile enables users to search and reserve books and manage library memberships and accounts. It also scans barcodes on books, DVDs and...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service this lunchtime (Thursday) due to a technical issue with the only hovercraft available, Island Flyer. At around 11:45 the craft developed a technical issue whilst on a crossing between Southsea and Ryde, resulting...

Excitement is building among homebuyers on the Isle of Wight for the official opening of St George’s Gate in Newport. The eagerly-awaited Barratt Homes development will offer an exclusive range of homes when it launches on Friday 19th October, with...

A number of commercial fridges and other kitchen-related objects have been illegally dumped in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on St Boniface Down in Ventnor. The shocking discovery was made by Island resident John Anderson yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) whilst...

UPDATED: A suspected gas leak has forced the closure of Nettlestone Primary School this morning (Thursday). The decision has been taken to suspend lessons for the day and send children home as a precautionary measure whilst the leak is investigated....