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...

Popular fine-dining restaurant Thompson's in Newport is to reopen early next year after being closed for nearly 3 years.  The restaurant, based on Town Lane in the County Town, shut its doors back in March 2020 when the first COVID-19...

Over 1,000 model cars have been donated to charities both on the Island and the mainland thanks to Island business Faz's Diecast and their customers. Dan and the team at the model car retailer were already going to do a...

Police, fire and ambulance crews are in attendance at a road traffic collision in Nettlestone this afternoon (Thursday). The incident occurred shortly before 15:30 and has seen a grey Skoda Yeti collide with a white MG on Nettlestone Green outside...

Barchester’s Orchard House care home, in Newport, got in the Christmas spirit by throwing Christmas parties for residents over 2 days. Orchard House’s Christmas party was in full swing in all units, Memory lane and a joint party with Bluebell...

Old Charlton House’s Christmas party was made extra special after a 4-legged friend made a surprise visit. The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary visited the residents in the garden from their stables. A lovely Christmassy atmosphere was created by a...

UKSA has announced it has partnered with Red Funnel in offering its Level 3 Workboat Crew Member Apprenticeship Programme as part of its maritime career pathways. The 2-year programme offered by the Isle of Wight-based charity, which provides life-enhancing water-based...

11.6million Winter Fuel payments and Pensioner Cost of Living payments – support worth a total of £4.6billion – have already been made to pensioners across the UK this winter, the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed on Tuesday, including around...

Vecta House care home in Newport recently presented the Church on the Roundabout with a hamper full of food donations. Activities team arranged the collection in the care home where staff were able to make their donations. Tanya Everson Lifestyle...

If you still have Christmas shopping to do this week, why not gift a historic artefact sponsorship? Carisbrooke Castle Museum and Medina Publishing are due to release a celebratory book in Spring 2023 to mark the 125th anniversary of Carisbrooke...