Becky will be among dozens of brave fundraisers who’ll ‘fly’ 300 metres across the night sky — 25 metres above the ground — as fire cannons blaze beneath them.

From 1 April 2026, the Department for Work and Pensions will introduce a new Crisis and Resilience Fund to support people facing financial hardship.

Community groups, clubs and social enterprises across the Isle of Wight are being invited to apply for grants of up to £5,000.

Ventnor Botanic Garden could soon see some new additions — including a glass corridor and extra public toilets.

Richard Sullivan, 50, of Sandown, posed as a reputable tradesman offering roofing and general building work.

Now in its fifth year, the Festival has become a much-loved community event, uniting Islanders to honour the bravery and sacrifice of service personnel past and present.

Before health and safety forms, risk assessments, and “supervised public displays,” there was one man — usually your dad — armed with a box of questionable fireworks, a lighter, and unwavering confidence. Back in the ’80s and ’90s, Bonfire Night was less about organised fun and more about lighting something potentially explosive in your back garden and hoping for the best. Here are five fireworks that somehow passed as “safe for home use” — and the memories (and minor singes)

Every November, we’d dutifully colour in a picture of Guy Fawkes, make a wobbly cardboard Houses of Parliament, and chant 'Remember, remember the fifth of November' as if we were about to uncover a national secret. But here’s the thing — a lot of what we were told about Bonfire Night wasn’t exactly true. Between playground retellings, half-remembered lessons and a few centuries of propaganda, the real story of Guy Fawkes is a bit messier (and less heroic) than we learned at s