Stuart and Tania Herman The widow of a man lost to a brain tumour, who inspired tens of thousands of pounds to be raised for Brain Tumour Research during his cancer battle, has met with scientists working to find a...

Isle of Wight Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘requires improvement’ following an inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. Officers from the HM Inspectorate of Probation also inspected the quality of resettlement work – the...

Emergency services were called to the South Wight earlier this afternoon (Monday) after concerns were raised for the welfare of a man on the roof of a residential property in Niton. Several fire appliances from Newport and Ryde, alongside blue...

Operation Sceptre, an initiative to tackle knife crime across the country, has got underway with amnesty bins set up in Newport and Freshwater. Throughout the week of action, all 43 Police forces and the British Transport Police will coordinate activity...

An Isle of Wight bakery business wants to reiterate to its customers that it is still business as usual despite losing access to its social media accounts. Wight Bakes' Facebook page was hacked last week and subsequently, Facebook disabled both...

Southern Vectis is celebrating after parent company Go South Coast was named Large Bus Operator of the Year in the RouteOne awards.  Southern Vectis managing director, Andrew Wickham has said: “I am extremely proud of this achievement, and I’d like...

Island nut grower Mike King of Stockbridge Nuttery - also known as the nutty farmer - has many reasons to be cheerful this week after winning national accolades at the National Fruit Show. At last week's show held at Kent...

Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council (NCCC) has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s ‘Day of Christmas’ event due to the bad weather that is forecast for this Saturday (18th November).  The decision was made by senior members of the...

A coffee morning has raised over £500 for Island-based search and rescue team WightSAR. The event was held at Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club on 4th November. WightSAR works closely with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, HM Coastguard, and UK...

Wootton Estate Agents has announced that it has changed its name to Williams Isle of Wight Estate Agents. The business - located on High Street - has served the Island for some 17 years since it opened back in 2006....