Organisers of August's inaugural Wight Proms event have added a special comedy night to the outdoor-picnic festival schedule. For one night only, Wight Proms will be bringing international comedy to the Isle of Wight in the form of Omid Djalili,...

Firefighters tackled a 25 x 25m garden fire in Wootton late last night (Thursday). Appliances from Newport Fire Station were mobilised to an address on Palmers Road shortly before midnight following reports of a large fire in a rear garden....

Next year's Isle of Wight Festival will take place from 13th-16th June 2019, organisers have revealed. Tickets for the big event will go on sale at 09:00 this morning (Friday) via The Price Is Wight, with limited availability on Islander Specials....

UPDATED: Police on the Isle of Wight have rescued a dog that was left in a boiling hot car in the car park of Osborne House in East Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). Staff at the English Heritage run site were...

Cowes Lifeboat pre-2008 when it was an independent station Generous helpings of memorable milestones are being commemorated at Cowes this weekend, with anniversary celebrations of 2 local lifeboat services. It was 30 years ago that Cowes got its very own...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a 25 x 25m fire in the open at Borthwood Farm in Alverstone this afternoon (Thursday). 2 appliances from Shanklin and Ryde and 2 water carriers from Ventnor and...

Old Charlton House in Cowes have installed the Tovertafel (‘Magic Table’ in Dutch) in their care home - the first independent care home to do so in the Isle of Wight - and are holding a Summer Fete on Saturday...

The busy Racecourse Roundabout at Whippingham is due to be resurfaced by Island Roads shortly. Given the high volume of traffic using the road during the daytime, the work will be undertaken overnight between the hours of 19:30 and 06:00...

UPDATED: Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire which has taken hold of a number of sheds and a large tree in the heart of Shanklin this morning (Thursday). Fire crews from Shanklin, Ventnor and Ryde are on scene having...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has asked the government to better fund patient transport to mainland health services after telling a parliamentary debate the Isle of Wight is unfairly treated and sick residents are paying too much. Bob secured...