Isle of Wight writer Kieran Larwood has been nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2018, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious accolades in the world of children’s books. Larwood is shortlisted in the Younger Fiction category for...

Datum Electronics have announced the expansion of the company’s presence to include Athens in Greece - some 1,500 miles from their HQ in East Cowes. The new facility, located in the heart of the Greek shipping industry, will serve as a...

Wear a hat - it’s as simple as that! That’s the challenge to Islanders as the Earl Mountbatten Hospice launches its Hats for the Hospice fundraising campaign for 2018. The annual event, to be held on Friday 23rd February 2018,...

The Wightlink Wizards have added Islander Steph Whitlock to their 2018 Southern Development League (SDL) squad. Steph and her family have always been involved in the speedway ever since it first started on the Island in the 90s. A thrilled Steph...

At 11:50 local time this morning (Wednesday), Wightlink’s new environmentally friendly ferry 'Victoria of Wight' went down the slipway at the Cemre shipyard in Yalova, Turkey to cheers from Wightlink staff and hundreds of shipyard workers. Workers at Cemre started...

Tapnell Farm Park fought off tough competition from around the UK to win the award for 'Small Farm Attraction of the Year' at the National Farm Attractions Network (NFAN) annual conference and awards ceremony last week. The NFAN annual awards,...

Having previously revealed The Libertines and Kaiser Chiefs as Friday night headliners, organisers of Victorious Festival (24th-26th August 2018) have announced electronic pioneers The Prodigy and rock legend Paul Weller will join this year's line-up. Topping the bill with a UK festival exclusive...

A boat fire at Bembridge Harbour in recent years Houseboat owners in Bembridge have raised concerns that fire risk is being ignored in a recently submitted planning application. Members of the Bembridge Houseboats Association believe that mooring up a further...

Police on the Isle of Wight have issued an appeal for information following the theft of a sentimental ring from a house in Wootton... last June. The ring, which belonged to the mother of the 71-year-old victim, was taken during...

Police are renewing their appeal for information as to the whereabouts of missing Scot Mackenzie from Portsmouth, who may be on the Isle of Wight. The 58-year-old went missing from the Tipner area of Portsmouth on the morning of Monday...