An unsafe metal structure has been removed from the top of a building in East Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to Castle Street in the town at just gone 15:00 when...

UPDATED: A car has collided with a lamppost on the Newport exit of Racecourse Roundabout this afternoon (Thursday).  Police and ambulance crews are in attendance at Whippingham as a result of the yellow Mazda MX-5 losing control and veering across...

Island MP Bob Seely has pledged support for a national campaign to get more young people into engineering in an attempt to fill a major skills gap. The Year of Engineering launches in January and will see government work with...

Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat (SSILB) launched to the aid of a 25ft motor vessel suffering from complete electrical failure 3 miles off Sandown this morning (Thursday). Solent Coastguard paged the independent lifeboat at 10:38 following reports from 'Pretty Compensation...

Island Line will be running a reduced service between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin until the end of today (Thursday) due to staff illness. Although rail connections with the Wightlink catamaran will not be affected, the reduced service will cause...

Rural businesses on the Isle of Wight could look forward to a much better new year, if national and local government took action to address some key issues for the countryside, says Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Isle of...

Aspire Ryde was able to help 38 families in need this Christmas through the donation of a food hamper, as part of the charity's 'Food for Thought' campaign. In the week leading up to Christmas a team of volunteers quietly...

The Bay CE Primary School in Sandown is ready for the challenge ahead of becoming an all-through school, especially after receiving an 'outstanding' rating in a recent inspection. Governors of the The Bay CE Primary School met on 12th December...

Mental health and Learning Disability services, along with others partners, are currently looking to increase the involvement of people who use such services to advise on the management and redesign of how they are delivered on the Isle of Wight....

Volunteers and partners of the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital did a Christmas Day round of the wards on Monday, to give small gifts from their trolley to patients and staff. The exercise, lasting over 2 hours, is an annual...