Photo via isleofwightwebcams.co.uk UPDATED: The volunteer crew of Selsey RNLI have, rather unusually, been tasked to assist a yacht hard aground on Ryde Sands tonight (Friday). Shortly before 19:20 a large yacht hit a sand bank off Ryde, causing the...

A road traffic collision is causing rush hour delays on the way to East Cowes this evening (Friday). Traffic is said to be extremely heavy in the area of Whippingham Road, Racecourse Roundabout and Racecouse following what has been described...

Fire crews from Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor are attending an alarm activation at the Island’s tallest building - Napoleon’s Landing in Sandown. The 3 appliances were mobilised by control to Sandown Esplanade at just before 16:45. Thankfully, there appears to...

Island landlords are being reminded that from 1st October Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) of any number of storeys, with 5 or more occupants will require licensing. Previously only buildings of 3 or more storeys, with 5 or more occupants...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised more than 5 appliances to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport this afternoon (Friday). At around 16:35 the fire service were alerted to a potential fire in the north section...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has written to the government asking it 7 questions about the Island’s ferry companies including whether ministers would consider a buy-out of either Wightlink or Red Funnel. Bob wrote to transport minister Nusrat Ghani...

With the end of the speedway season on the horizon, the Wightlink Warriors management team are putting plans in place to round off the racing year with a very special meeting - the Wightlink Summer Showdown - on Thursday 6th September....

Discount retailer The Works are to open their second Isle of Wight store, it has been revealed. Islanders will soon be able to buy an extensive range of books, art and craft materials, gifts, toys, games and stationery from the...

Students who collect their GCSE results this week and plan to stay in full time education or unpaid training are still eligible for child benefit – but their parents must inform HMRC of their plans so it’s not automatically stopped...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending an incident at Barfield in Ryde this morning (Friday). Doctors and paramedics in the life-saving helicopter landed at Dover Park Primary...