Ryde Beach Lifeguards completed their annual cross-Solent swim on Saturday (12th July) - swimming from Gosport to Ryde to raise vital funds for the Beach Lifeguards in Ryde and Sandown. The challenging swim began at 11:30 from Gosport with 10...

Swimmer George Hayward has taken the Isle of Wight's second medal at the Orkney 2025 Island Games - Silver in the 50m Backstroke. George completed the race in 25.63, 1.2seconds behind Isle of Man gold medallist Harry Robinson (24.43) but...

Amy Kellard has taken silver in the 10,000 metres - the Isle of Wight's first medal at the 2025 Orkney Island Games. The Isle of Man's Christa Cain took gold in the event in an Island Games record breaking time...

Helen Scholes has successfully secured her place at the 2026 Age Group World Championships after taking on the challenging Woodhorn Museum Sprint Triathlon World Champs Qualifier. After a blustery bike recce and a soggy night of rain, Helen woke to...

The Sun at Calbourne has had a remarkable and varied history, having been immortalised in a best seller, then burnt down and rebuilt. It is thought an earlier pub existed in Calbourne on Barrington Row (Winkle Street), complete with its...

The Princess Royal has officially opened the Orkney 2025 International Island Games, with Lorraine Kelly hosting the ceremony, which was attended by 3,000 at Kirkwall’s Bignold Park. The sun shone as Her Royal Highness welcomed more than 2,000 athletes from...

The Isle of Wight’s 2025 carnival summer bursts into life this month, with Sandown ready to kick off the season in 2 weeks' time on Saturday 26th July. The seaside town’s Children’s Carnival parade will set off from the Pier...

A local radio station broadcasting to patients and staff at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight has received a welcome boost thanks to a donation from Southern Vectis. Sunshine Radio approached the bus operator for financial support to...

The Isle of Wight's Shane Innes, who is a Team Lead and Senior Occupational Therapist, has been recognised at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's first-ever Healthcare Hero Awards. Sponsored by a number of local organisations,...

A damning new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found that the Department for Education still ‘does not have a grip’ on teacher shortages after more than a decade - an issue that is hitting the Isle of...