Vecta House care home in Newport commemorated Remembrance Day on Sunday 12th November, joining the rest of the United Kingdom in holding a 2-minute silence at 11:00. As well as marking Remembrance Day by proudly wearing poppies and watching the...

Ventnor Botanic Garden has announced the arrival of their new Head Gardener, Wayne Williams. Wayne is relocating to the Island from Birmingham with his family after 26 years at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the last 5 as Head Gardener, managing a...

Red Funnel has confirmed that its annual Black Friday sale is back again for another year, offering Island residents an incredible 1/3 off all vehicle ferry travel. The offer is Red Funnel’s biggest and most flexible sale of the year...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (17th November 2023) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 17533 £100.00 17710 £100.00 12390 £100.00 10352 £100.00 7845 £100.00 12357 £100.00 17588 £100.00 17257 £100.00 11958 £100.00 8404 £100.00 5081

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and 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 applications...

After 43 years of serving the Island, local business Island Computer Systems has made the decision to close its shop. Those in charge said the decision to close the physical store was not taken lightly. Since 1980, Island Computer Systems...

Young people were amongst the officials invited to lay wreaths at the Remembrance Service at Niton Parish Church last Sunday (12th November).    Bethany Taylor, aged 12, accompanied by Jayne Hill, Chair of Niton & Whitwell Parish Council, laid a...

Cherry Godfrey has announced that it has recently acquired NRM Financial Limited (Priory Mortgage Advice), a well-established small company offering mortgage and life Insurance advice, across the Isle of Wight and the South Coast. A specialist in offering unique Island...

A man has been charged following a business burglary investigation on the Isle of Wight. Roland Howard Tomlin, aged 46, of Terminus Road in Cowes, has been charged with the following offences: Burglary at Marks & Spencer in Cowes on...

UKSA is enhancing training for its maritime students with the addition of a new state-of-the-art TRANSAS simulator suite, giving students the opportunity to perform training exercises in various parts of the world across a range of vessel types. The TRANSAS...