The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) in the South East is urging the public to stick to footpaths, bridleways and respect other users of the rights of way when out and about in the countryside this Summer. With summer...

Van Morrison on the Main Stage The Isle of Wight Festival has come to an end for another year with 2018 certainly taking its place as an unforgettable event, topped by a sterling closing performance from The Killers last night...

The volunteer crew of Freshwater Independent Lifeboat launched just before the sun rose this morning (Monday) following reports of an unlit object in the water. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the inshore lifeboat at 03:31 after receiving reports from...

UPDATED: HM Coastguard and Cowes RNLI are conducting a rescue on the River Medina in Newport this morning (Monday). Officers from Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are donning specialist rescue clothing at the water’s edge next to Newport Rowing Club, opposite...

A car has ploughed head-on into a lamp post in Newport tonight (Sunday). A silver Mitsubishi Colt has come to an abrupt stop on St George’s Way just off the Asda roundabout. Police have closed the Newport bound carriageway between...

Colin Firth at the Hard Rock Stage Soaring temperatures thanks to an incoming heatwave made for idyllic conditions under the blue skies yesterday (Saturday) for Day 3 of the Isle of Wight Festival 2018. It was the Hard Rock Stage...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tonight (Saturday) responded to 2 separate incidents within 15 minutes of one another. At around 23:00 crews from Newport and Shanklin were called to a reported fire near Sandown Airport,...

Hovertravel's Ryde to Southsea service is relying on a single craft this weekend - arguably the busiest weekend of the year - following a significant breakdown of 1 of the hovercraft yesterday (Friday). 'Island Flyer' completed a journey from Ryde...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 30-year-old man was seriously assaulted by 2 men in the area of Nine Acres Lane, Newport last Friday (15th June). The 30-year-old victim was on his...

The Hard Rock Stage drew festivalgoers in yesterday (Friday) as it opened for a fifth consecutive year at the Isle of Wight Festival 2018. The stage delivered exhilarating sets from some of music’s most exciting rising stars. Killit, The Novatones and The RPMs were just some of the acts getting...