Cowes RNLI lifeboat responded to a pre-dawn emergency this morning (Monday) when it joined in an urgent search for someone reported to have disappeared off Southampton’s Itchen Bridge. Having launched at 05:25, the lifeboat proceeded to relieve Calshot RNLI and...

Red Squirrel Property Shop has been shortlisted for 4 awards in this year's The Negotiator Awards - the industry's leading awards ceremony. The Newport-based firm has been nominated for Estate Agency of the Year, Community Champion of the Year, Lettings...

Islander, dyslexia assessor and social media star, Jo Rees, is the brains behind the exciting new event taking place later this year. The Isle of Wight's first-ever Dyslexia and Dyscalculia conference, which is being held at Lakeside Hotel on 13th...

The next production at the Apollo Theatre, Newport will be what the playwright has described as ‘a comedy in thick fog’. Sometimes described as ‘The Office meets Lord of the Flies meets Miranda’, ‘Sheila’s Island’, by Tim Firth, was written...

Disabled sailors and swimmers, as well as a scheme to protect an Island stream from invasive Himalayan balsam, were among the latest good causes to be supported by WightAID in July. The biggest winner in the July grant round was...

Isle of Wight punk duo, The Pill, have released their highly anticipated second single ahead of festival appearances and shows around the UK. 'Scaffolding Man', described by the band as a love song with attitude, is based on a true...

A wide range of events for children and adults will be taking place across all Isle of Wight Council-run libraries in celebration of Green Libraries Week (7th-13th October). At Lord Louis Library in Newport, children can make a self-portrait using...

Community centres across the Isle of Wight - as well as Hampshire, Sussex and Kent - can apply for funding from Southern Water to help keep people warm this Winter.  Southern Water is offering 30 grants, worth £1,000 each, to...

A time-critical rescue operation is underway to help a whale that has become stranded on the beach between Brook and Brighstone. The protected mammal, a Pilot Whale around 10ft in length, was discovered by dog walkers at first light this...

Wightlink has been awarded Best Ferry Operator 2024 at the National Transport Awards in London. Wightlink carries more than 3.8million people across the Solent each year from its ports at Fishbourne/Portsmouth, Ryde/Portsmouth and Yarmouth/Lymington with more than 140 sailings a...