The NSPCC’s Isle of Wight charity shop is appealing for people across the island to donate their unwanted Christmas gifts so they can be used to generate funds for the charity’s services. The shop, which is based on the corner...

The founders of The Quarr Group, which started on the Isle of Wight and now has 3,000 staff, have agreed a Management Buy-Out (MBO) with the directors of its 3 subsidiaries: Mountjoy, Nviro and Pabulum. The companies specialise in building maintenance and...

Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP for the South East of England, will be visiting the Isle of Wight next weekend to lead the campaign against the licence to drill for oil in Compton Bay. The extraction of oil from fractured...

How the complex could look in the not so distant future Work to demolish Sandown's Wight City complex has finally begun this week, marking another milestone in the regeneration of the seaside town. Contractors Ryde Demolition have moved onto the...

MP Bob Seely has today (Wednesday) said that a post-Brexit green farming policy is an excellent opportunity for the Isle of Wight to further cement its reputation as a producer of top-quality food. Environment Secretary Michael Gove recently announced that...

E.ON is encouraging charities and community groups on the Isle of Wight to apply for up to £2,000 of funding through its Energising Communities Fund before the application deadline of Monday 29th January 2018. To be eligible for funding organisations must...

Entries for the 2018 Round the Island Race - in association with Cloudy Bay - have now opened, with an overwhelming number of competitors already taking advantage of the post-Christmas holiday period to make their entry. First over the line at 6...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is preparing to mark a year of memorable milestones in 2018 and it needs your help. Supplying electricity to some 3.1 million homes across central southern England, the network operator is keen to track...

Islanders are being warned about the potential for travel disruption tonight (Wednesday) and into tomorrow morning as the Met Office issue a yellow weather warning for fog. Fog patches are likely to form during the early part of this evening,...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of action from 19:00 this evening (Wednesday) and again tomorrow night as part of the current trial period to look at potential ways to improve the performance of the vessel. It has been...