Isle of Wight police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in which an 18-year-old woman was subjected to a sexual assault during the early hours of New Year’s Day.

The Freshwater to Yarmouth Cycle Track will be temporarily closed between 9am on Monday 12th January 2009 until 4pm on Friday 16th January…

Isle of Wight NHS Clinical Nurse Specialist for Tissue Viability Glenn Smith, has been awarded Innovator for the Quarter for his outstanding contribution to innovative ideas in the NHS…

Voting closes today (5th January 2009) on the design a flag competition organised by the Island Flag Committee and the Isle of Wight County Press. Voting was open to Islanders…

Today, January 1st 2009 marks 100 years since the first pensioners went to the Post Office to collect their State Pension of 5 shillings a week. Although the pension was means-tested, it was a tremendous advance in social policy and state recognition in its responsibility to look after those in old age…

Police are appealing for witnesses after allegations of an unprovoked, racially aggravated assault on the Isle of Wight. A Polish man told officers he was in Shanklin, on December 23rd when a group of young men approached him…

The end of 2008 and time to reflect, the good news is we searched through our photo archives and selected our best memories. With regular events Carnivals, Round the Island Race and Cowes Week, not forgetting Royal visits and the 2012 Olympics, the Isle of Wight witnessed history in the making…

On Boxing Day crowds gathered in Shanklin, Ryde and Ventnor to watch revellers, many in fancy dress, make the news, by taking a plunge into chilly seas off the Isle of Wight. The daredevil dippers are becoming very popular especially on YouTube watch the videos here…