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Cowes-based South Boats IOW Ltd's latest Severn Class Lifeboat refit has been completed, trialled and successfully accepted back into service for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The ‘Eric & Susan Hiscock (Wanderer)’, one of 46 Severn Class Lifeboat’s in...

After the Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Cllr Jonathan Bacon, and lead Labour Councillor Geoff Lumley attended Saturday's Anti-Austerity Demonstration in London, a significant number of colleague Councillors on the Island have now joined them in signing up to ​the​ national...

Photo: United States Library of Congress Visit Isle of Wight has collaborated with local author Anthony Churchill to produce a new 'Churchill Trail', which is scheduled to be launched this May.    The new trail visits 12 of the locations that have a...

Bembridge RNLI were tasked to assist a broken down motor cruiser off Langstone Harbour on Sunday evening, before also aiding a local vessel near the Nab Tower. The 'Alfred Albert Williams' All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) launched at around 18:50 at the request of...

Residents, community groups, tourism businesses and schools are being encouraged to enter the Island’s 2016 Wight in Bloom competition, which was officially launched at the National Trust’s Mottistone Gardens yesterday (Monday). Wight in Bloom is an annual gardening and community...

With the Isle of Wight Festival just around the corner it’s a wonder John Giddings has the time or the energy to dedicate to other events, so staff at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice in Newport are over the moon that the...

A public exhibition and consultation of plans to redevelop Christ the King College in Carisbrooke under the Government's Priority Schools Building Project (PSBP) is to launch on Thursday (21st April). It is proposed to replace the existing array of buildings...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was left with cuts to his head following an assault by a group of 4 men in Ryde on Wednesday. A 46-year-old man was walking along Adelaide Place, Ryde, close to...

UPDATED: Red Funnel have confirmed they will be running a revised timetable on their East Cowes to Southampton route from tomorrow (Saturday 16th April) until next Thursday (21st April) due to a propeller issue. One of the company's vehicle ferries has been dry-docked in...

An official study has confirmed that attending the Isle Of Wight Festival is good for your health and well-being. Following the results of recent research from The Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Imperial College London which revealed attending...