Residents of Ryde and Newport have gained new skills in DIY, computing, security services and customer relations, thanks to more than £3,000 funding and support from Sovereign Housing Association and additional help from the European Social Fund. Since October 2017,...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor assisted the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with rescuing a 10-year-old boy with suspected spinal injuries yesterday afternoon (Sunday). The 2 teams were called to Smuggler's Haven near Luccombe at around 16:00 to...

Sandown Bay's performance Ryde Academy secured a 4th place finish in the Rock Challenge Southern Premier Final at Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday with their performance 'Oel Nhati Kamé'. 10 schools from across Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, West Sussex, the Isle...

Rural businesses still face barriers to housing and economic development in the countryside despite the Government’s attempt to make the planning system more streamlined and efficient.  The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses,...

UPDATED: The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service this morning (Monday) due to fears of hitting the wall on the East Cowes side of the River Medina. Staff have moored the vessel up at the Cowes slipway...

Vix Lowthion The sight of residents queuing up in their cars and blocking roads to Lynbottom Tip in the last fortnight has been described by local Greens as a ‘complete fiasco’. The local Green party say that the Isle of...

The ongoing saga of how Islanders can dispose of their waste continues as the Isle of Wight Council confirms they are to withdraw the mobile recycling unit from tomorrow (1st May). Already Islanders are struggling to get rid of their...

15 teams took to the course at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club on Sunday 22nd April to compete in the Smiths Coasters, a mixed foursomes flag competition. First place honours went to Stef Brochocki and Christine Gould, with Jenny and...

Isle of Wight charity Independent Arts has launched a progressive new project running a weekly school room in a care home where school children and homes’ residents, learn alongside one another in a highly creative and mutually supportive environment. Independent...

The Isle of Wight Council has won a global award for a digital project on regeneration. The local authority won the Smart Island Programme award at the Smart Island World Congress in Mallorca, Spain, this week. Judges praised the council’s...