A drink and drug driver who fled the scene of a crash in Whippingham back in March, has been handed a suspended sentence order. 32-year-old Michael Knight pleaded guilty to 4 charges when he appeared before Magistrates on Friday morning...

The first section of the rebuild of Hawker Typhoon RB396 is now complete, with 100-year-old Islander Gerry Blow placing one of the final rivets. On 30th October 2024, almost 80 years to the day that the aircraft first rolled off...

Highfield House in Shanklin has announced that its Registered Manager, Teresa Hope, has been named a finalist for the Registered Manager of the Year award at the Great British Care Awards, set to take place at the Hilton Metropole in...

Isle of Wight singer, Ruby, has released a music video filmed at Appuldurcombe House to promote her latest single. Nail in the Coffin was co-written by Ruby and guitarist Sam Marshall and was mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios....

The Bay CE School has achieved a Bronze RRSA: Rights Committed School Accreditation. The Bronze: Rights Committed is the first stage of the Rights Respecting Schools Award and the school, across both the primary and secondary sites, will now work...

Four raccoons are currently on the loose having escaped from Amazon World overnight but members of the public are being urged not to approach the quartet if they are to see them. The all-female foursome are believed to have escaped...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.  They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

An Isle of Wight tanning business is celebrating the opening of its second salon, opening the doors on Ryde High Street. Total Tanning has been a stalwart of Newport’s St James’ Street for several years, with hundreds of customers flocking...

A quad of Wight Eagles Academy players travelled to the mainland last week to take part in FA Talent Pathway trials. The cohort - as well as coach Scott Ronan - made the trip down to Hamworthy United Stadium in...

Review by Phillip Fryer It's not often the word ‘epic’ appears in the same sentence as ‘comedy’. But ‘Sheila's Island’, by Tim Firth, the Apollo's latest production, definitely qualifies for both. That assumes that ‘comedy’ is the best description of...