Solent Coastguard tasked Yarmouth RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat to reports of a 999 call from a 6.5m RIB aground to the West of Hurst Castle yesterday afternoon (Sunday). Having been tasked at around 15:45, the Lifeboat left Yarmouth Harbour at...

Another varied Readers’ Gallery this week, featuring amazing sights, wildlife, flowers and even some Roman coins! Fort views Brading Downs ~ Photo credit Jane Grewcock After the rain Ventnor Downs ~ Photo credit Jane Grewcock Beautiful colour sea Brading Downs...

A historic diocesan cope, which dates to the 1660s and boasts a dramatic history, is to feature in a new book detailing the treasures of the Isle of Wight’s Carisbrooke Castle Museum. The cope’s origins and story thereafter narrate a...

Shanklin Town Brass Band is to hold a concert later this month to raise funds for Island-based charity Aspire. The concert, which will be held at Aspire in Ryde, takes place on the evening of Saturday 29th April at 19:00....

Army Cadets from across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight travelled to Flanders in Belgium over the Easter Holidays to visit the World War I Battlefields of the Western Front.  Members of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Army Cadet Force...

The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown is to finally welcome Softi and Toph, 2 rescued tigers, next week. The abused tigers, who were being kept in appalling conditions in tiny cages, were found on the Polish/Belarussian border, destined for a...

Island duo Hester Chambers and Rhian Teasdale - who make up hit duo Wet Leg - have been nominated for an Ivor Novello award. Nominated in the Songwriter of the Year category, the local twosome will hope to fend off...

Adults and children of all ages are being invited to try their hand at archery at West Wight Archery Club during Start Archery Week (6th-14th May 2023). On 8th May, West Wight AC will be hosting its very own Start...

The troublesome car park at Firestone Copse near Havenstreet has finally been resurfaced. Earlier this week the car park to the woodland beauty spot was closed to allow for the notoriously pot-holed parking area to be resurfaced. New gravel was...

The National Trust is looking to partner with local independent mobile catering outlets to offer light refreshments at some of the local beauty spots here on the Isle of Wight. Based at Culver Down, Brighstone Forest or Freshwater Bay Clifftop,...