More than £11,000 was given to seven Isle of Wight charities in the latest round of grants from WightAID. Disabled sailors, young ice skaters and a community radio station were among the recipients of money from the Island charitable giving...

Freshwater Bay Golf Club Men's Men’s Senior Championships  - sponsored by Wightfibre - was held on 23rd June. The championships took place in fine but slightly breezy weather and the course was reported to have been pristine. Freshwater Bay Men's...

There's just 1 day to go until the annual Round the Island Race welcomes over 6,000 competitors and 1,100 boats to race around the Isle of Wight on Saturday 1st July. The 1st start is scheduled for 08:00 and the...

The Gordon Endler Memorial Ride is an annual motorbike charity ride held on the Isle of Wight, raising money for 2 local Air Ambulance charities (Hampshire & Isle of Wight and Dorset & Somerset). This year the ride takes place this...

The 1st Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust ‘first time’ trip of 2023 took to the waters of the Solent earlier this month (12th to 15th June). This was the 1st trip which has benefited from the support of The Ancasta Group....

The Isle of Wight Badminton Team will be travelling to Guernsey hoping to take their 1st podium place since the games were held on the Isle of Wight 12 years ago. Badminton has been played at the Island games ever...

A total of 44 teams will be competing in the Isle of Wight Football League in the 2023/24 season - more than in the previous season. Pan Community are the most notable absence from Isle of Wight football. The season...

The Managing Director of Shanklin Pier, Mr Terry Wood, was fined £10 for putting on unseemly entertainment not suitable for Sunday viewing on this day some 86 years ago. Mr Wood appeared before the magistrates for 4 alleged breaches of...

Sid Ryan Ryde-based punk band Grade 2 returned to the Isle of Wight to play a barnstorming set for their home-based fans at a charity evening at Strings Newport on Friday (23rd June). However, the former Ryde Academy pupils Jack...

A large crowd turned up at Newclose Beer Festival to watch Newport's 1st Team beat a depleted Northwood Cricket Club IOW by 146 runs. Stu Gurney returned to the Newport 1st team to top score with 74 runs, ably supported...