Vectis Radio, the Newport-based community radio station has been granted a 5-year extension on its broadcasting licence by the regulatory body Ofcom. The station, which started life in 2010 as an internet-only broadcaster, was granted its five-year FM licence starting...

2 Isle of Wight school children, from Queensgate Foundation Primary in East Cowes, have safely delivered 6 crates of donated items to the town's food pantry. It follows a host of generous harvest festival donations, dropped off by families who...

Parking charges at St Mary's Hospital have gone up by as much as 54% this week.  On Monday (3rd October), charges in the car park at the Island's only hospital were bumped up - for the first time in nearly...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (7th October 2022) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 14122 £100.00 530 £100.00 10734 £100.00 16224 £100.00 8881 £100.00 14923 £100.00 13420 £100.00 15241 £100.00 5996 £100.00 13638 £100.00 5929

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...

Isle of Wight photographer Jamie Russell, from Shanklin, has seen his photo of a double rainbow over Bembridge Lifeboat Station named The Public Favourite in this year's Royal Meteorological Society Weather Photographer of the Year competition. The shortlisted images were...

Cross-Solent ferry operator Wightlink has cancelled 6 sailings on its Portsmouth - Fishbourne route tomorrow (Friday). The cancellations are due to the absence of essential crew members and have seen the 06:40, 08:40 and 10:40 from Portsmouth and the 07:40,...

A new bike and electric bike sharing scheme is being launched across Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight today (Thursday). Solent Transport, its local authority partners and Beryl have created the brand-new bike share scheme, giving thousands of people...

The Government's Kickstart scheme, which was launched to help tackle youth unemployment, has led to 34 people securing permanent roles with Southern Co-op. After opening up a large number of roles across its stores, funeral services and head office, 76...

Old information signs taken down during work to improve Ryde Interchange are set to return to service at the Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum. Island Roads and Southern Vectis got together to arrange for the signs to be...