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The festival takes place from October 8th to 11th, with more than 40 speakers appearing across the four-day event.

An Isle of Wight-based author and broadcaster is celebrating the publication of a new book exploring 200 years of British railway maps.

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is planning a special send-off for one of its popular locomotives before it leaves the Island for a major overhaul.

An 88-year-old Islander has enjoyed a very special day with some four-legged friends.

A fundraising challenge involving a wing walk is approaching the £3,000 mark in support of St Catherine’s School in Ventnor.

Three men have raised more than £11,000 for Mountbatten Isle of Wight after taking on an epic 100-mile triathlon around the Island. Sam Tyson and brothers Kemp and Aiden Price completed The Wight 100 Miles on Saturday 11 July — with Aiden even flying back from abroad specially to take part. The challenge involved a two-mile sea swim from Sandown to Shanklin, a 70-mile cycle around the Island's coastline and a 28-mile run based on the Walk the Wight route, with an extra stretc

Two endangered red pandas born at Amazon World Zoo Park have left the Isle of Wight to begin a new chapter.

🏉🏏 A rugby team swapped tries for runs as Hurricanes RFC defeated Shanklin & Godshill Midweek XI in a high-scoring cricket friendly, chasing down 183 with an over to spare.

Nearly 200 matches were played across a packed weekend as the Isle of Wight hosted its first-ever IW Classic squash tournament.

TV favourites, bestselling authors and leading public figures are among the latest names confirmed for this year's Isle of Wight Literary Festival.

Gurnard Primary School has been crowned the winner of the 2026 Schools Walk the Wight Trophy after raising more than £4,400 for Mountbatten Isle of Wight.

The team at the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary is taking on one of the UK's toughest mountain challenges today to raise vital funds for rescued animals.

Former England cricketer Monty Panesar will captain a Celebrity XI when they take on an Isle of Wight XI in a charity cricket match.

Ground investigations are set to get underway in Ventnor this summer as work continues on plans for a major coastal defence scheme.

Heading to Victorious Festival from the Isle of Wight? Here's everything you need to know – from the headline acts to ferry travel and what you can (and can't) take inside.

Five writers have been shortlisted in the search for the first Isle of Wight Poet Laureate...

Here's our guide to the best events taking place on the Isle of Wight this month.

The event, taking place at Niton FC, Springhead, Blackgang Road, is being held in memory of Ben McLoughlin ('Macca') and Robert Williamson ('Aff').

Specialist volunteers have stepped up efforts to find a missing dachshund who has been roaming the countryside around Chillerton and Gatcombe for the past two weeks.

Mountbatten Isle of Wight has revealed that more than £87,000 was raised during this year's Sky presents the Isle of Wight Festival.