Staff at Island Recovery Integrated Services (IRIS) have, over the past 12 months, been heavily promoting a needle syringe programme as a key intervention, with more and more people taking up the opportunity. A Needle syringe programme is not only a...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Council have confirmed that the Cowes Floating Bridge is to remain out of action until at least the end of the week - not tomorrow as expected. The troubled Floating Bridge No. 6 was pulled...

Island Roads volunteers have joined efforts to create a new sensory garden at Wootton Primary School. The school is working hard to complete the garden – funded by a £5,000 grant from the 'Tesco Bags of Help Community Awards -...

2nd Ryde Sea Scout Group, an organisation which works to promote the development of young people in the Isle of Wight, has received much-needed support from Anglian Home Improvements in the form of 2 new windows worth £1,000. To mark...

Stealing electricity is often seen as a victimless crime, but with the launch of its new safety campaign 'Don’t get your fingers burnt: it’s not worth the risk', Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is hoping to change that misconception...

UPDATED: 3 people are being led to safety this lunchtime (Tuesday) after getting stuck in the mud at Thorness Bay. A 999 call was received by the Coastguard at just before 11:30 reporting that 3 people were in difficulty on Porchfield...

Land Rover BAR, the British America's Cup Challenger and team to bring the Cup home, have donated their first test boat 'T1', a foiling AC45 catamaran helmed by Team Principal and Skipper, Ben Ainslie, to the Classic Boat Museum in...

92-year-old Phyliis Reading raises a glass Ryde Methodist Church held it's popular Burns Night supper last Friday (2nd February). Organiser of the event, Ruth Realey, brought the haggis into the room accompanied by the bagpipes played by Tim Morris. The...

43-year-old Richard Moore from Newport has pleaded guilty to a number of attempted child sex offences. Moore appeared before Southampton Crown Court yesterday (Monday) where he pleaded guilty to grooming a child and arranging to meet a child to engage...

New expertise has been recruited to the Board of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, which oversees the ambulance, community, hospital, mental health and learning disability services provided on the Island. Isle of Wight NHS Trust, in collaboration with NHS...