Joe Robertson, Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight East, recently launched a survey of small businesses ahead of Small Business Saturday on the 7th of December. The survey is being circulated directly to hundreds of businesses in the East...

Southern Water has confirmed that wet weather has delayed major works to repair a sewer pipe that runs between Ryde and Sandown. The utility company says it has been tackling a burst rising main on Appley Road which is affecting...

The scrambling of the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter to the skies above Newport yesterday afternoon (Monday) was to help find a suspect ‘wanted’ by Police. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary requested the assistance of the Bournemouth-based chopper...

Island Roads will be deploying its fleet of gritters tomorrow morning (Wednesday) as temperatures drop across the Isle of Wight. The fleet will treat the local road network from 04:00, just before the majority of Islanders wake up and head...

The National Trust has announced Ryde Academy as one of the recipients of the 49 ‘Trees of Hope’ Sycamore Gap saplings being gifted to individuals, groups, and organisations across the UK.   The big reveal in National Tree Week, follows the...

A 52-year-old man remains in custody this afternoon after he was arrested following an alleged assault at an address in Sandown last night (Monday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 19:38 yesterday evening to a...

Hovertravel services between Southsea and Ryde are suspended this afternoon (Tuesday) due to the discovery of suspected ordnance in Southsea. It is understood that what is believed to be a WWII bomb was found by diggers carrying out sea defence...

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has today (Tuesday) published a Code for Countryside Roads to tackle the tragic and disproportionate loss of life on the UK’s rural roads. NFU Mutual and its campaign partners launched the Code for Countryside Roads...

A field fire on the outskirts of Calbourne is being tackled by firefighters from Newport and Freshwater this evening (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were first alerted to the fire at around 17:00, with a...

A vehicle was seized after an alleged unaccompanied learner driver was stopped by Police in Newport last week. Officers spotted the vehicle driving in a 'questionable manner' at around 05:00 in what Police described as 'the dead of night'. When...