The 2018 Isle of Wight Walking Festival, sponsored by Warner Leisure Hotels, has been launched with a new look website published by Visit Isle of Wight. This year's Isle of Wight Walking Festival runs between 28th April and 13th May...

UPDATED: Bembridge RNLI and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat are this morning (Wednesday) assisting a motor cruiser that is taking on water just a few hundred yards off Sandown Beach. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Sandown’s independent lifeboat at...

UPDATED: A car has left the carriageway and gone over a bank on the main Sandown to Newport road at Blackwater this morning (Wednesday). Emergency services are in attendance outside Wight Building Materials and are understood to be assisting the...

2 Isle of Wight Council staff members are getting set for a Marathon challenge this spring, in aid of charity. Commercial services manager, Sean Newton, is running the Bath Half marathon on 4th March to raise funds for the Wessex...

As the Met Office issues an amber severe weather warning for the Isle of Wight, the RSPCA is urging people to ensure their animals are safe and warm. Temperatures are already below freezing but on Thursday it is possible that...

VIDEO: A man has been sent to prison after he made 17 hoax calls to Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service in just 3 hours. Excerpts from recordings of Michael Eames' phone conversations have been made public by the organisation -...

Students from Christ the King College put on a performance to remember at the Portsmouth Guildhall last night (Monday) to secure second place in Day 1 of Rock Challenge 2018. The Carisbrooke-based college went up against 8 other schools from...

Kellogg’s is celebrating 20 years of championing breakfast clubs by offering schools across the country the chance to get their hands on £1,000. To mark the anniversary, the cereal giant will be giving a £1,000 grant away every school day...

Women of all ages from across the Isle of Wight are getting together for their annual 'Inspiring Women' photo shoot on Appley Beach in Ryde on Saturday (3rd March). ‘Inspiring Women’ was set up in response to features in the...

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for snow on the Isle of Wight from 14:00 on Thursday afternoon. Forecasters say that snow showers moving from the South could intensify and become heavy on Thursday afternoon and into...