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More than £1.2million in funding has been allocated to the Isle of Wight to expand specialist education provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in what is described as the largest single high-needs capital allocation to date.

Residents across the Isle of Wight are being reminded of key deadlines ahead of the Isle of Wight Council elections set to take place on Thursday 7th May 2026.

Convicted sex offender Alan Wilson, who failed to disclose his new address to Police despite living there for 18-months, will learn his fate in May.

Mountbatten Isle of Wight is inviting families, schools and teachers to take part in this year’s Schools Walk the Wight, which marks its 20th anniversary on Sunday 10th May. Sponsored by Rouse Financial Planning, the Schools Walk the Wight encourages...

A bid to transform a Shanklin seafront hotel in a ‘very poor state of repair’ into 6 apartments has been authorised by the Isle of Wight Council.

The Isle of Wight College has welcomed senior representatives from a German vocational college as part of a visit celebrating more than 40 years of friendship and cultural exchange between the Isle of Wight and Coburg.

A quarter of premises up for a food hygiene review by the Isle of Wight Council last year were not inspected.

The Isle of Wight has been placed firmly at the centre of the national conversation on coastal erosion, following the publication of a major parliamentary inquiry that draws heavily on local evidence and Island expertise.

A total of 5 ‘high quality’ houses will be built next to a former train station in St Helens, despite more than 20 objections from the public.

Behind a modest Union Street entrance lies one of Ryde’s most remarkable Victorian buildings – the Royal Victoria Arcade, opened in 1836.