The Island's young heroes have been crowned at this year's Isle of Wight Radio's Child of Wight Awards. The event, with headline sponsor WightFibre, took place at Tapnell Farm for the 2nd consecutive year on Friday (8th September), with nominees...

Double Trouble Promotions has teamed up with Premier Events and VM Productions to bring boxing legend Frank Bruno MBE to the Isle of Wight this weekend. The boxing legend is coming down to the Island for his 1st-ever event here,...

Wight Tri member, Nick Kenny made another long journey from the Isle of Wight to take on the Sandman Legend Distance Triathlon on the island of Anglesey in Wales last weekend. This is a 1900m swim, 92k bike and half...

A pair of Newport attractions will each have a ‘free entry day’ to mark the Isle of Wight Council’s participation in the Heritage Open Days held across England in September. Isle of Wight Council’s Museum of Island History in Newport’s...

Every Friday, throughout the Summer months, Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club ran a 9-hole multi-tee stableford competition to raise money for the Captains’ charity, SSAFA (the armed forces charity). The competition, which was open to all, not only produced weekly...

Whitegates Jetty and landing stage in Cowes is set for a significant overhaul in October. The existing pontoon, walkway and handrails will be removed and replaced, as will a number of the timber beams. The decking on the access bridge...

Yarmouth Bridge is to be closed over 2 days this week for maintenance work including repairs to the structure’s main deck. The bridge will be closed to traffic from 09:30 tomorrow (Tuesday) until 15:30 (or sooner if possible) on Wednesday...

Community and voluntary groups, as well as town, parish and community councils helping residents who are in food and energy poverty, have another opportunity to apply for financial support. In total £500,000 has been made available through the Isle of...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat joined in a combined effort yesterday (Sunday) to prevent a large sail training vessel from causing a potentially serious incident in boat-crowded Cowes Harbour. The 35-metre training vessel had reported losing propulsion in the harbour, after leaving...

A road traffic collision is causing delays on a main road between Havenstreet and Binstead this morning (Monday). The incident occurred on Stroud Wood Road near the junction with Newnham Lane and Main Road with emergency service personnel called to...