I have a gift for spotting flaws, which means I’m never completely content with anything. Of course, none of us is perfect, ...

Plans to offer overnight accommodation, deep inside Bouldnor Forest, have sparked fears of wildfires and a risk of damaging ...

On August 31, 1889, the Isle of Wight Observer's editor reflected on a long-standing rivalry between different parts of Ryde, claiming divisions between the town’s upper and lower communities stretche ...

Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, has hit out at cross-Solent ferry operators, calling their private-equity ownership ...

Wolverton Manor Garden Fair brings together the Isle of Wight's largest collection of specialist nurseries, growers and ...

Bembridge: 26/01033/FUL. Gainsborough Court, Lane End Road, Bembridge, Isle Of Wight, PO35 5SZ. Retention of detached self contained annexe https://publicaccess.iow ...

Tickets for the star-studded 2026 Isle of Wight Literary Festival are now on sale. Leading broadcaster, Clare Balding, actress Amanda Barrie, BBC newsreader, Sophie Raworth, football commentator, ...

Just over two years into the current Parliament and, with a new Prime Minister, we looked at Electoral Calculus, the national political forecasting site, and its modelling and projections for both ...

A Royal Navy destroyer, sliced in half by a catastrophic collision, has been found at the bottom of the English Channel, 20 miles south off the Isle of Wight. The 400-ton warship, HMS Tiger, was on a ...

A 1-in-10 size model of a Saunders-Roe SRA/1, a ‘jet-powered flying boat fighter’, has been presented to the Wight Aviation Museum, based at Sandown Airport. The unlikely aircraft is one of the rarest ...

Bembridge lifeboat station has welcomed its 11th D-Class inshore lifeboat, D-912 Sue, replacing the previous D-Class 778 Norman Harvey, after 11 years of service. The new lifeboat was made possible ...

The Isle of Wight could be in line to house asylum seekers and refugees, following statements by the Prime Minister that all parts of the country must play their part in wider dispersal plans. Andy ...