Small maritime businesses on the Solent are being offered support to attend one of the world’s leading industry events.

Young artists are being invited to take part in a competition inspired by Jimi Hendrix, with the chance to win tickets to the Isle of Wight Festival. Dimbola Museum and Galleries, in partnership with Brave Island, is calling on creatives aged 14 to 25 to submit original artwork for its upcoming exhibition, Experience Hendrix – Isle of Wight Festival 1970. Entries should be inspired by Hendrix’s iconic 1970 performance at the festival, with artists free to explore themes inclu

A former Boots store in the heart of an Isle of Wight seaside town will house new residential accommodation and retain a commercial usage.

An ‘ill-conceived’ new outdoor gym and ‘waste of money’ wooden fence which ‘ruins the view’ at Fort Victoria Country Park has triggered a backlash from residents.

Unite the union has responded to plans by the RNLI to close its Inshore Lifeboat Centre.

Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) has launched a new industry-wide survey, calling on local businesses to share their views on the current Wight Business Improvement District (BID) and help shape plans for its future as work begins on BID 3.

A yacht club, fire station, and library are among the buildings where Isle of Wight residents can go to vote today (Thursday, May 7).

An auction of artist-designed skateboard decks is raising funds for a new community skatepark in Freshwater.