Sandown's The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary has announced that they have been named as finalists in this year’s Beautiful South Awards, which celebrate excellence in the tourism sector for Southeast England. The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary is a finalist in the Large...

ICRTouch has recently made a generous donation to support the Isle of Wight Foodbank’s Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. The Reverse Advent Calendar encouraged people to select an item a day for 24 days of November, which, once donated, provides staple...

Churches across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight can offer oases of calm amid the busyness of Christmas preparations this year. They’ll also offer a variety of ways to engage with the timeless story of how Jesus became a vulnerable...

An atmospheric picture of Gosport at sunset, taken from the Bridge of Wightlink’s ferry St Clare in Portsmouth, is on the cover of the ferry company’s 2025 calendar. The colourful image won maximum votes from Wightlink’s panel of judges and...

Almost a year after a devastating landslip, Leeson Road will finally and fully re-open on Sunday morning (1st December), the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed. The road will be fully opened to all two-way traffic and pedestrians from that...

Several Island antiques and collectables businesses are to feature on the latest episode of BBC's Antiques Road Trip tomorrow afternoon (Friday). The episode was filmed back in May and sees antiques experts Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan travel across the...

Utilita will provide a different kind of energy this winter, by hosting a sparkling Christmas grotto at its Newport store. Utilita’s Energy Hub (located on High Street, Newport) will be transformed into a grotto on Saturday, 7th December and the...

The Steam Punkt Music event took FuBar in Ryde by storm last weekend (23rd-24th November). The community event showcased an incredible line-up of talent to raise funds for Men Only IOW, a local community group supporting men across the Isle...

South Western Railway (SWR) is inviting applications for the latest round of its successful Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF). CCIF is SWR’s funding programme to support projects that have a community benefit or address an area of social need...

Wightlink-Wight Mountain CRT member Oli Nolan travelled to Dalton Barracks, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire over the weekend (24th November) for the 9th round of the Wessex Cyclocross season which also incorporated the South Regional Championships. With the arrival of Storm Bert,...