Universal Credit (UC) poses a threat to UK entrepreneurialism and is in urgent need of reform, according to a new open letter from business, union and charity leaders to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Secretary Esther McVey. The letter...

The Isle of Wight's Salvation Army Lifehouses will be sending a team to compete in the charity’s annual UK-wide homelessness football tournament - The Partnership Trophy, this week. Players from the Fellowship House Lifehouse and Melville Street Lifehouse in Ryde,...

Staff and students at Nine Acres Primary School in Newport celebrated Isle of Wight Day in style on Saturday (22nd September). For this year's event the school decided to use a beach theme where children could come dressed in all things...

A family fun day is being held in Wootton on Saturday (29th September) to help fund life-saving treatment for Isle of Wight resident, Simon Mayne. Back in March of this year, 57-year-old Simon started to get headaches and lost some...

Bank accounts belonging to children in care on the Isle of Wight have been topped up by a fundraising Isle of Wight Council employee. Callum Tanner, 29, completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge – tackling the 3 highest mountains in...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding customers that time is running out to register for Self Assessment. Anyone submitting a Self Assessment (SA) return for the first time – including High Income Child Benefit Charge customers - will need...

Over 40 Red Funnel staff members and their families joined Islanders in taking part in the biggest-ever organised clean up of the Island's coastline at the weekend. Groups across the Isle of Wight battled the wet weather to mark Isle...

The future of both Bestival and Camp Bestival is in doubt as High Court notices have been filed that state an intention to call in the administrators for the companies behind the annual festivals. According to the documents submitted last...

Over 100 guests gathered at the Quay Arts Centre on Friday for this year’s Wight in Bloom awards, celebrating Island horticultural excellence. Wight In Bloom’s Patron, celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh MBE VMH DL, presided over the ceremony, which took place...

UPDATED: Passengers on board Wightlink's brand new car ferry, Victoria of Wight, are reporting mid-Solent troubles for the vessel this afternoon (Monday). The 15:30 sailing from Portsmouth Harbour to Fishbourne appears to have developed a fault just outside of Portsmouth...