After several weather wrecked attempts to get on-track, the Wightlink Warriors speedway team hope to get their 2018 season under way tomorrow (Thursday) when they are scheduled to entertain the League Champions, Belle Vue Colts. The Colts were the outstanding...

There is a ‘window of opportunity’ for a Medieval church on the Isle of Wight to raise some much needed funds to help restore its stained glass windows, which are badly in need of repair. St George’s Church in Arreton...

Firefighters have this morning (Wednesday) tackled a small kitchen fire at a retirement housing complex in Binstead. 2 appliances from Ryde were mobilised to Farriers on Pitts Lane at just gone 09:30 after a microwave grill caught light. Crews have used...

2 declining butterflies suffered their worst year on record in 2017 after hopes of a butterfly revival were dashed by a chilly snap in spring and a gloomy, wet summer, a study has revealed. Grayling and Grizzled Skipper recorded their...

Photos: www.grahamreading.com World class dancer Robert Robinson delivered a special workshop session, in conjunction with Wight Workshops, at Ventnor Winter Gardens at the end of last month. Robert is a former soloist with the Stuttgart Ballet and Artistic Director of...

A major section of one of the main roads serving St Helens is due to be upgraded by Island Roads at the end of the month. The work to resurface Carpenter’s Road between Beaper Shute and Station Road roundabout will...

3 new state of the art Canon Aplio i600 ultrasound units have been installed in the Diagnostic Imaging Department as part of improvements to the ultrasound service at St Mary’s Hospital. The ultrasound service provides ultrasound scans for all GP,...

A car has collided into the rear of a brand new Southern Vectis bus in Wroxall this afternoon (Tuesday). Damaged has been sustained to the rear quarter of the Route 3 double decker following a rear end shunt from a...

Farmers are being urged to ‘Look out, Look up!’ as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) aims to raise safety awareness when working near overhead power lines and poles. Across its electricity networks both here in central southern England and...

UPDATED: A car has rolled onto its side on Medina Way in Newport this afternoon (Tuesday), prompting a response from all 3 emergency services. Traffic is reported to be heavy on the southbound carriageway as a result of the 2-vehicle...