UPDATED: A multi-agency search is underway in Shanklin this morning (Friday) over the concerns for the welfare of an individual. Police, Sandown & Shanklin Independent lifeboat, Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are all involved in the...

An Isle of Wight Councillor has taken his campaign to promote skills training and studio schools right to the heart of Parliament during a meeting with the Chairman of the Education Select Committee of the House of Commons. On Wednesday,...

Wessex Cancer Trust has published its latest impact report to show how its services supported people living with cancer throughout Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight during 2017. In total, the charity raised £800,532, with 60% comprising community...

UPDATED: Prison officers up and down the country - including here on the Isle of Wight - have walked out in protest of the 'unprecedented' levels of violence in prisons. The action began at 07:00 this morning (Friday) and is...

Isle of Wight-made tomato-based products are proving to be basket pleasers in Southern Co-op retail stores, as are a whole host of other locally produced items. The products made by The Tomato Stall in Arreton feature in Southern Co-op’s Local...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) rushed to the aid of an elderly Isle of Wight woman on No Man's Fort in the Solent earlier this evening (Thursday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class lifeboat at around 16:40...

Individuals who assault or attack emergency workers on the Isle of Wight - and throughout the country - face longer jail terms as a new law backed by government receives Royal Assent today (Thursday). A new offence will double the...

More than 90 years after a unique Island-built electric tram was last used to transport visitors up and down Ryde Pier, it will once again be back on public display at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The 1889 Pollard...

Officers from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been conducting checks at a number of fuel stations across the Isle of Wight as part of a crackdown on illegal fuel and fuel laundering. On Wednesday last week members of...

Investigations are underway to identify who may have dumped a commercial hotplate unit at a beauty spot in the South Wight. The rusting industrial appliance was recovered from Whale Chine by local recovery agents Stag Lane Motors earlier this week....