Last week the National Education Union wrote to employers notifying their intention to carry out national ballots of around 300,000 teacher and support staff members in England and Wales. The ballots ask "Are you prepared to take strike action in...

Households across the Isle of Wight will start to receive their £324 Cost of Living payment from the Government this week. Over 8million households in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who claimed qualifying means-tested benefits during the eligibility period...

Written by Peter Schaffer, of Amadeus and Equus fame, Bembridge Little Theatre Club’s Autumn production, ‘Lettice and Lovage’, is a brilliantly funny play that sets 2 apparently antagonistic characters against each other, only for them to find they have more...

Fort Victoria became a hub of Halloween fun during the most recent half-term. The Fort Victoria Business Association comprising The Reptilarium, Island Planetarium, Museum & Gift Shops, Cafe Verdi and The Imaginarium which are all based at Fort Victoria Country...

A charter vessel will replace Wightlink's FastCat service on Wednesday whilst the Wight Ryder is repaired. News broke this morning (Tuesday) that the Ryde - Portsmouth Service was suspended, not because of the weather but because of damage sustained by...

Islanders are being given 1 last chance to have their say on the proposed constituency boundaries for the Isle of Wight; which have been adjusted once again, before plans are submitted to Parliament next year.  The change to move the...

Father Christmas has announced that he will be visiting towns and villages across the Isle of Wight in December. He will visit towns across the Island from Ryde - Freshwater and Cowes - Ventnor - wherever you live, he's coming...

Due to staff absence, Island Line will be out of service from today (Monday) until Thursday (10th November) between the hours of 19:00 and 07:00. The Island's train network has been struggling with signaling staff issues for a little while...

A number of buildings at The Bay CE School secondary site – formally Sandown High School – are being demolished at the moment. What was known as blocks 1, 5 and 7 are to be knocked down having come to...

Cross-Solent travel operator Hovertravel has had to cancel sailings again today (Monday), but not because of the weather. Earlier today the service was suspended due to adverse weather conditions but this afternoon's new cancellation is down to a technical issue....