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A number of schools across the Isle of Wight are to close on Wednesday as members of the National Education Union strike over pay and school funding deals. Matthew Parr-Burnam, executive headteacher of the Isle of Wight Education Federation, sent out...

In the 3rd part of our series Isle of Wight Railways, we examine the South Wight town of Ventnor which for half a century – from 1900 to 1952 – had 2 railway stations: Ventnor and the lesser known Ventnor...

This week's gallery has a strong weather theme with a mix of photos showing the cold and frosty yet also sunny weather we have been experiencing in the last week or so. There are some great pictures of some local...

A Ryde man who was found to be driving with cannabis in his system has seen his licence taken away from him just 12 months after he passed his test. Brennan Smallcombe, 22, of High Park Road in Ryde, pleaded...

Residents on the Isle of Wight will pay an average of £15 more a year for their Police service. Funding from the government was not as high as the constabulary had hoped for, so now residents are being forced to...

A West Wight pensioner who was caught driving in Salisbury whilst more than 3.5x the drink drive limit has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 30 months. 65-year-old Graham Dean Morgan, of Bay Road in Freshwater, appeared before...

A drop-in session in Gurnard next week will explain the work Southern Water is doing to reduce storm overflows on the Isle of Wight.   The event at Gurnard Village Hall in Worsley Road on Wednesday 1st February will provide locals...

An issue affecting WightFibre customers across the Isle of Wight - described as a full fibre outage - is being investigated this afternoon (Saturday). The problem hit at just before midday and has left thousands of customers without telephone, internet...

The Fisherman’s Cottage Inn in Shanklin re-opens for the 2023 season on Thursday (2nd February) with a special kids eat free offer. The Island’s pub on the beach will be serving a winter warmer style menu every Thursday – Sunday,...

3 towns on the Isle of Wight have benefitted from an £191,000 investment by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to install technology that will help to ‘self-restore’ electricity supplies. The distribution operator has installed the automated system on the...