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The Wight AID Foundation has granted a staggering £50,000 to local charities in their first round of grant applications. WightAID raises funds from businesses operating on the Island, and distributes it to a range of charities and good causes on...

A plethora of Isle of Wight tourism businesses have been awarded some of the region’s highest accolades at the Beautiful South’s Awards for Excellence held on Thursday night (24th November) at the Hilton at the Ageas Bowl near Southampton. The annual...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man suffered serious injuries in an assault on Newport Street in Ryde on Tuesday. The 51-year-old victim was reportedly assaulted by 2 men and a woman between...

Islanders are being warned that diarrhoea and vomiting is currently circulating in the local community and that Winter illnesses can spread rapidly around, no matter your age or your health. Feeling sick and then vomiting is usually the first sign...

Visit Isle of Wight is hoping that love birds will flock to the Isle of Wight next Spring with the launch of the new Romantic Breaks and Spring Escapes campaign designed to attract couples and families to the most romantic...

To help make preparing for the festive season easier, Hovertravel is adding 2 extra services from Ryde on Saturday mornings. The 2 additional crossings will operate at 09:45 and 10:45 on 26th November and the 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th December. Loretta...

Next Saturday (3rd December) sees the switch on of the spectacular Long Lane Christmas Lights display in Newport, with Ability Dogs 4 Young People and Homestart Isle of Wight set to benefit from Islander's generous donations. Terry and Sue Ramplin have...

Islanders are being urged to make sensible choices about whether their health problem needs urgent care or not following a busy day at St Mary's Hospital's Urgent Care Service, formally The Beacon. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust say the...

Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement marks the first major economic statement of the new Government since the Brexit vote and, in the Solent area, the Solent LEP is monitoring progress for the local economy to understand the local impact of...

English Heritage has announced that the Victorian stagecoach known as 'Civility' has been gifted to the Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum where it will be conserved and put on public display. The ‘four-in-hand’ horse-drawn coach was built in...