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Britain’s loudest bird, the Bittern, has never been heard booming on the Isle of Wight before but recently its distinctive mating call has been heard at RSPB Brading Marshes. Tthe presence of one of the UK’s rarest birds is both...

Over 20 million people in the UK are classed as physically inactive. One of the reasons for this is a lack of awareness of local opportunities to be active. Energise Me has joined forces with the Isle of Wight Council...

Police on the Isle of Wight have launched an investigation following the discovery of what appears to be part of a human skull at St Helen's Beach. The unusual find prompted a call to Hampshire Constabulary on Sunday lunchtime, who...

As this year's bathing season gets underway, Southern Water is marking the occasion with an update on the work that’s been happening on the Isle of Wight since last year’s launch the £31.5million Bathing Water Enhancement Programme. Southern Water has...

Who would speak up for you, if you could no longer speak for yourself? That is the question Mountbatten is urging Islanders to think about as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week (Monday 14th May – Sunday 20th May 2018)....

The Restaurant at the Seaview Hotel has received 2 AA Rosettes joining Thompsons, The Royal and The George Hotel as a top Isle of Wight eatery. Sous Chef Bryn Edwards has been heading up the kitchen until the recent appointment of Lee Burden...

The chance to chat to lifeboat crewmen about their life-saving role on the Solent was tallied with the opportunity to try new watersports at an event in Cowes over the weekend. British Marine's 'Fun on the Water' weekend at Cowes...

An online petition against the closure of the Isle of Wight Studio Studio, which has gathered over 14,000 signatures to date, is to be backed up by a protest outside County Hall in Newport on Wednesday. As previously reported by...

The return of air racing to the skies above the Isle of Wight has been hailed a great success, with plans in place to try and make the coming together of the racers an annual event. It has been 10...

An ornate electrical junction box that reveals much about the Island in bygone days has been renovated by Island Roads. Working closely with the Isle of Wight Council’s conservation department, the Grade ll listed junction box at the top of...