The Isle of Wight Council’s Sports Unit is organising a series of sports courses for people who want to get more active. Five different sports are available with three beginning at various locations across the Island from 22nd September…

A summer holiday sports programme continues this week with Swimmer Darren Mew and Triathlete Jack Grundy putting youngsters through their paces at West Wight Sports Centre…

The 2008 Cowes Classic Powerboat race set off to a flying start with perfect sea conditions and the sun shining on the Solent waters…p/>

Its not easy being green or yellow, or red, or blue, or mottled and the Isle of Wight Zoo have been busy throughout the year, raising funds for the Year of the Frog. Fundraising efforts culminate on August Bank Holiday, with a fun packed day of frog-themed activities…

This weekend sees British powerboat champion, Shelley Jory, taking the helm of a classic boat to compete in the classic Cowes-Torquay-Cowes power boat race…

West Wight Sports Centre is to start a new swim session for adults and pre-school children next month. There will be singing games, play and tips for the adults on how to develop babies and toddlers confidence in the water…

To celebrate the end of the Beijing Olympics and mark the start of the countdown to London in 2012, a spinnaker bearing the London 2012 logo is to be hoisted in front of the Needles on the Isle of Wight…

A plant that very rarely flowers outside of its native country has bloomed on the Island. Horticulturists at Ventnor Botanic Garden have witnessed the King Protea flower for the first time on the Isle of Wight…