Residents and staff at Orchard House Care Home were treated to an uplifting afternoon of music and laughter when the Sea Gels Shanty Band performed their very first shanty session at the home. The talented group of ladies brought an...

Dame Ellen MacArthur has paid tribute to Frank Fletcher - CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust- as he celebrates 20 remarkable years at the helm. Having taken over the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust reins on 3rd November 2005, Fletcher...

A shortage of butchers and changes in the market have led to the closure of the Isle of Wight Meat Co.’s butchers shop at Cheverton Farm. The popular farm shop, located at Cheverton Farm off Cheverton Shute in Shorwell, closed...

A technique that encourages rivers to re-shape themselves has transformed a precious Isle of Wight chalk stream. Stage Zero Restoration (SZR) is an approach popular in the USA and gaining traction in the UK in which rivers are reconnected with...

'We are tired of your rip-off prices and we are tired of funding your ballooning bank debt' - those are the words of East Wight MP Joe Robertson who earlier this afternoon (Wednesday) presented a bill to Parliament on ferry...

The Environment Agency has issued another flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast, with parts of East Cowes and Cowes expected to experience flooding later today (Wednesday) and into tomorrow. As was the case yesterday (Tuesday), it’s said that...

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has rushed to the West Wight this morning (Wednesday) in response to an ongoing medical emergency. Having left its Henstridge Airfield base at around 09:50, the air ambulance made its way across the Solent...

Independent Councillor Geoff Brodie has hit back at claims he acted aggressively during Isle of Wight Council meetings last month, saying he is 'tired of being accused of bullying'. It was back in October - as previously reported by Island...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has responded to some 2,000 emergency missions so far this year. The charity’s doctors, dispatchers, pilots and paramedics respond to an average of seven critically ill and injured patients every day, bringing hospital-level...

An all-Island red squirrel survey is now underway to help monitor the presence of the protected species across woodland and gardens, with a special focus on Ryde. Becky Watts is leading the autumn survey of woodland areas over 1 hectare...