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Newport Minster is to receive £10,000 from the National Churches Trust to help fund urgent and essential repairs to the stunning Grade I Listed church. The church, located in the heart of Newport in St Thomas' Square, is 1 of 29...

It has been announced that the final Leave Rally of the Referendum Campaign will take place next Tuesday 21st June at the Broadway Centre in Sandown.  Conservative MPs Peter Bone and Tom Pursglove will be visiting the Island at the...

A new Isle of Wight camping and caravanning guide which invites visitors to 'Come abroad to the Camping Capital of the UK' to discover the Island’s camping secrets has been launched by Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW). The 'Isle of...

Wight Community Energy (WCE) has welcomed the finalising of an Isle of Wight Council loan of £1.7 million towards a major Island solar park project at Homestead Farm in Ningwood - which has already been built and will generate enough...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat was requested to launch by Solent Coastguard yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) to assist a 10.5m angling boat with a fouled prop. The Tamar-class lifeboat hit the water at around 16:40 to go to the aid of the...

Island firefighter Alan Jones (C) visiting Oregon last year A team of US firefighters will be visiting the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service tomorrow (Thursday) to learn specialised tactics used in water and mud rescues.  The group of...

Ryde-based software developer, Solcom Limited, has been awarded Best Value in Telehealth in the annual Health Service Journal Awards for its work with partner client NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). Solcom has written a piece of software called 'Whzan', which allows...

Bestival has announced that Slow Motion, an enlightened festival within a festival, is to head 'back to the future' at Robin Hill Country Park this September. A serene realm of wellbeing overlooking Bestival’s elysian fields, Slow Motion gives you a chance to...

The main road to and through Wroxall is to be resurfaced by Island Roads this week and into next. In order to keep disruption to a minimum, the work on the near-kilometre long stretch of St John’s Road and High...

The Isle of Wight Council and Andrew Turner, the Island's MP will be hosting a visit from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt. Hon. Greg Clarke MP today (Tuesday).  The visit follows an invitation and various...