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Another week passes, its the last Friday of February and our Readers have been busy! Remember to send us your photos each week! Harry Potter and The Curse of Watchbell Lane at Watchbell Lane, Newport (Kirsty Wright) First Signs of...

More than 1 in 4 staff members across the Isle of Wight NHS have experienced abuse towards them by patients in the last 12 months. The statistics were released as government health secretary Matt Hancock announced new measures to protect...

Sandown Esplanade will be closed next week to facilitate the removal of a crane being used on-site at the brand new Premier Inn development. Work on the 100-bed hotel and restaurant has been progressing well with things on track for...

Around 17,500 people in the South East have signed up to the government’s Help to Save saving scheme – depositing more than £5.5 million, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reveals today (Friday). Help to Save offers working people on...

Angry Ryde Harbour users have hit out at the Isle of Wight Council for not keeping the harbour in working order. Currently, a build-up of silt is blocking part of the entrance and exit to the harbour, meaning some berth...

There are just hours to go before voting closes in a national competition, that could see the Isle of Wight crowned the UK’s Holiday Destination of the Year. Voting in the nationwide competition organised by Countryfile Magazine closes at just...

2-time world rally champion Miki Biasion will be taking part in the Island Car Centre Sandown Sprint on Sunday 29th March 2020. Chichester-based Rally Replay will be supplying an exact replica of Biasion’s 1989 Sanremo winning Lancia Delta Integrale, which...

Demoralised support staff fear they will bear the main brunt of any cuts as The Bay CE School considers potential redundancies. A major staffing restructure has been proposed for the Sandown school in 2020/21, across both primary and secondary sites,...

Shanklin-based AI company Innovative Physics has been shortlisted for a brace of prestigious industry awards. The company has been shortlisted in both the Tech Company of the Year category of the National Technology Awards and in the Business & Product...

Children and Families Minister, Vicky Ford, has confirmed to Island MP Bob Seely that the Isle of Wight will benefit from nearly £850,000 of funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The Minister confirmed the figure on...