Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team have been stood down from an incident near Fort Victoria this afternoon (Sunday). Solent Coastguard tasked the All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) from Yarmouth to launch at around 15:15 following reports of...

The occupants of a Nissan Micra have escaped injury after the car hit a bank and rolled onto its roof on Brading Downs.  Police are currently on scene at the incident near the junction with Upper Adgestone Road having been...

The Wight AID Foundation continues to grant and support local charities in their latest round of grant applications, with a total of £4,000 awarded this time around. Wight AID raises funds from Island companies, investors and individuals looking for an...

More than 6,000 grooming crimes have been recorded by police in England and Wales since April 2013 with 291 of them across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, new Home Office figures show. There was a total of 2,996 grooming crimes...

The Wight Lightning team The cross-Atlantic rowing team 'Wight Lightning' have given local charity Ability Dogs 4 Young People a cheque for a massive £6,000. Mark, Roger, Dan and Will recently succeeded in their row across the Atlantic, from La...

Fire crews from Freshwater and Yarmouth have extinguished a chimney fire at a house in Wellow this morning (Sunday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Main Road at just gone 04:40 following a 999 call...

A 40ft yacht that run aground off Egypt Point this afternoon (Saturday) has been assisted into Cowes Harbour by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat. The volunteer RNLI crew were tasked to launch their Atlantic 85 Lifeboat shortly before 16:45 after the casualty...

Local Vlogger Claire Sells, who regularly addresses life issues on her YouTube channel, Clara Sais, has organised a 'Mental Health Mates Walk' to take place in Newport on Sunday 6th May. Claire's struggle with Postnatal Depression and not being able...

This May, Ventnor’s long established Theatre Group is bringing CATS to the Isle of Wight for the first time with an adult cast. Lloyd-Webber’s iconic show will be purrformed by some of the Island’s finest talent between 4th-7th May at...

Following the completion of essential maintenance works, the public toilets at South Street in Newport have re-opened to the public. As part of the maintenance works, Newport Parish Council has provided a baby-changing area in the ladies' toilet block. The...