Households on the Isle of Wight will benefit from extended financial assistance with the cost of food, utilities, and wider essentials thanks to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) extension of the Household Support Fund (HSF). Available from early-June...

Music, beer and cider lovers enjoyed a 'festival' weekend, alongside raising vital operational funds for a local charity WightSAR. Isle of Wight Search and Rescue (WightSAR), supported by the amazing team at Waverley Park Holiday Centre, East Cowes, held a...

An Island woman diagnosed with bowel cancer is swimming throughout June to raise vital funds for Bowel Cancer UK, the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity.   Elaine Turner, from Ryde, is taking part in the charity’s Swim15 challenge for the second...

Hundreds of worshippers took part in a 90-mile pilgrimage, praying for the people, churches and communities in South East Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They spent 7 days completing 7 separate Prayer Pilgrimages around the Diocese of Portsmouth. The...

Wightlink Cycle Race Team members travelled to Goodwood last week (Tuesday 10th June) to compete in the RCR Fatcreations Goodwood Races 4-Up TTT. The Mixed category quartet, comprised of Nick Earley, Jack Grundy, Charis Jones and Richard Nembhard took a...

Motorists are experiencing heavy delays through Brading this morning (Wednesday) following a 2-vehicle crash.  Emergency service personnel from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were first called to the scene on New Road...

It is 'disappointing to say the least' that the need for a full closure of Horsebridge Hill was not publicised at an earlier stage, an Isle of Wight councillor has said. Parkhurst and Hunnyhill representative Cllr Andrew Garratt said that...

The Ventnor & District Local History Society’s latest publication, Godshill in 99 Old Postcards, is now available. It is the third book in the Society’s popular series, following Ventnor (published in 2023) and Bonchurch (published in 2024). Despite being a...

Denbigh House Dental Practice has put the Isle of Wight on the national map after sweeping 3 accolades at the 2025 Dentistry Awards last week (Friday 7th June). The family-run practice, based in Ryde and led by Ed and Holly...

Community Room activity has rocketed at Utilita’s High Street Energy Hub in Newport with record numbers of charities and groups now benefitting from the free-to-hire warm space and complimentary refreshments. This past week has seen Hub Supervisor Simon Jackson and...