The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to a call out at Wootton Primary School this afternoon (Tuesday). 2 appliances from Ryde and Newport, the Aerial Ladder Platform and the Incident Command Unit were all mobilised to...

The Restaurant at the Seaview Hotel has received 2 AA Rosettes joining Thompsons, The Royal and The George Hotel as a top Isle of Wight eatery. Sous Chef Bryn Edwards has been heading up the kitchen until the recent appointment of Lee Burden...

12 ladies took to the course at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club (SSGC) on Sunday 6th May to contest The Royal Isle of Wight Medal - and they could not have asked for better weather. The Royal Isle of Wight Medal...

The chance to chat to lifeboat crewmen about their life-saving role on the Solent was tallied with the opportunity to try new watersports at an event in Cowes over the weekend. British Marine's 'Fun on the Water' weekend at Cowes...

Franki and Chris of The New Carnival Company (Photos: www.grahamreading.com) The New Carnival Company, organisers of the ‘All along the Riverbank’ event over the May Bank Holiday, have proclaimed it a ‘scorching success’ after over 3,000 people were recorded participating...

An appeal to local charities and good causes to bid for a share of up to £80,000 has resulted in 23 applications to the Isle of Wight Foundation. Organisations were invited to apply for grants of between £3,000 and £16,000...

An online petition against the closure of the Isle of Wight Studio Studio, which has gathered over 14,000 signatures to date, is to be backed up by a protest outside County Hall in Newport on Wednesday. As previously reported by...

The return of air racing to the skies above the Isle of Wight has been hailed a great success, with plans in place to try and make the coming together of the racers an annual event. It has been 10...

A Samaritans volunteer from the Isle of Wight will be donning his posh suit for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’ 70th Birthday bash next Tuesday (22nd May). Barry Rist will bring 22 years of volunteering experience to the...

Photos by Paul Windridge ‘Samphire’, the Island’s company for mature dancers and their friends, have once again been surprising walkers and surfers by dancing on the beach and the cliff tops at Compton Bay.  This time they were dancing German...