VIDEO: 25-year-old Keegan Brown from Newport has progressed through to Round 2 of the PDC World Darts Championship after knocking out the world number 11 last night (Sunday). Brown took a 3-2 victory over James Wade at Alexandra Palace -...

Passengers will find it easy to travel across the Isle of Wight this Christmas Day - thanks to special services from Southern Vectis. The operator has just announced its festive timetable - including extended services to help get local people...

British Soul star Jaki Graham is the latest name to be added to what’s shaping up to be another crowd-pleasing line-up for next Summer’s Jack Up The 80s festival, which takes place on 11th and 12th August 2018. Jaki has...

Wightlink staff have paid tribute to their colleague Rob Goddard, a senior rating on the Lymington-Yarmouth route. Rob was remembered by his friends and family at a ceremony on board the ferry Wight Sky recently. He died in October. A plaque...

The driver of a Honda Civic has escaped any serious injury after rolling the car onto its side between Wroxall and Ventnor tonight (Sunday). Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to the single vehicle incident on...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a non-injury assault by 3 men in Newport last weekend. A 52-year-old man was approached and assaulted by the 3 individuals between Scarrots Lane and Victoria Recreation Ground at some point...

The annual Memorial Ploughing Match is to return to Shorwell on Sunday 8th April 2018, it has been announced. Event organiser Karen Sheath has confirmed that the much-anticipated event will take place at New Wolverton Farm by kind permission of...

Patients, visitors, staff and volunteers are all being warmly invited to St Mary's Hospital's Christmas Carol Service on Thursday (21st December). The hospital will be celebrating 21 years of the Chaplaincy Service with Christmas Carols led by the NHS Nightingales and...

UPDATED: Thousands of households across the Isle of Wight are without internet connectivity this weekend due to a major outage with Sky's Fibre service. The issue began shortly before 15:00 yesterday afternoon (Saturday) and engineers have been working on resolving the...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway have confirmed that whilst they would like to extend their service into Newport should the opportunity arise, their focus remains firmly with running steam trains into Ryde St John's. On Thursday night hundreds of...