UPDATE: The ‘Wightlink’ Warriors opening meeting of the season The Vince Mapley Memorial Trophy has been postponed. The track and centre green are waterlogged with more rain due today (Wednesday) there is little chance of getting the track prepared for racing....

A new electric bike hire service has launched from an Island business, thanks to funding from the Isle of Wight Council. The Bay Boutique Bed and Breakfast, situated at Freshwater Bay, secured funding competitively from the Isle of Wight Council’s...

Ryde’s Neighbourhood Policing Team have organised a Community Alert day to provide Islanders with advice about crime prevention, home security and scams. All are invited along to the Old School at New Road, Wootton Bridge on Friday (6th April) between...

Joe Staunton kicked off his road racing season with back to back 8th places at the Tour of the Marshes Road Race in Ashford on Saturday 31st March and Thruxton Motorsport Circuit on Sunday 1st April. Tricky weather conditions of...

Earl Mountbatten Hospice has undergone a re-branding and will now be known as 'Mountbatten', thanks to a very generous gift in kind from a Ventnor-based international marketing expert. Stephen Izatt, who runs the agency Thinkfarm, has gifted the charity a...

Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat launched at 10:32 on Easter Sunday morning (1st April) to go to the aid of a yacht that was taking on water following a collision. In calm conditions 1 nautical mile south of Beaulieu River, the 39ft...

A small flag raising ceremony to mark 100 years of the Royal Air Force was held at Eastern Gardens in Ryde on Sunday morning. A group of people representing RAF Veterans, the Royal British Legion and uniformed youth groups gathered....

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a large fire in a rural location on the outskirts of Havenstreet tonight (Monday). Several appliances from across the Island are currently on scene off Briddlesford Road. Photos captured...

A land slip in East Cowes has seen a further 40ft section of woodland collapse onto the Esplanade over the Easter weekend. It was almost 4 years ago that a sloped piece of land backing onto the Esplanade started to...

UPDATED: A 13m yacht with an unwell crew member on board has been escorted into Bembridge Harbour by Freshwater Independent Lifeboat this morning (Monday). At around 06:30 the sailing vessel was situated off the coast of the Isle of Wight...