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Cowes Sports brought the curtain down on the 2025/26 campaign with their annual presentation evening on Saturday night.

A trio of Shanklin Sandown rowers competed last weekend at the largest Junior event in the country, surpassing all expectations at the National Schools Regatta at Dorney Lake Windsor.

Bembridge Harbour will host the 6th annual Bembridge Gig Fest this weekend, with a new trophy being awarded for the first time.

More than 100 crews and scullers will descend on Ryde this weekend as the town hosts the latest Hants & Dorset Championship Regatta.

BREAKING: The collision saw 2 vehicles end up on a grass verge.

A scheme to construct 4 houses on the site of a former pub and hotel has been met with resistance from an Isle of Wight parish council and Island Roads.

Flying medics from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) were scrambled to an ongoing medical emergency in East Cowes this morning (Thursday).

Mayor of Cowes Stuart Ellis welcomed members of the National Street Rod Association to Northwood House on Tuesday (27th May) as part of the Isle of Wight Fun Run 2026.

Islanders making the most of the first heatwave of the year are being asked to help keep the Isle of Wight looking its best.

'The Isle of Wight has a proud shipbuilding heritage and a highly capable workforce'.