The Latest Breaking News from the Isle of Wight

‘All the watering places are crammed with hot people’: on holiday with Dickens

Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum in London looks at writer’s holiday pursuits, from Kent to the Isle of Wight

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20

HMS Tiger Shipwreck off the Isle of Wight Was Cut in Two by HMS Berwick During 1908 Exercise

The HMS Tiger shipwreck Isle of Wight mystery has been solved after divers located the destroyer sunk by HMS Berwick in 1908.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11

‘We had right of way’: when British fair play met Russian firepower off the Isle of Wight

Jane and Alan Kelvey’s holiday yacht met a warship in the Channel – at a tense time for Anglo-Russian relations

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17

Why thousands of onions appeared on Brighton beach after Storm Goretti

Storm Goretti has continued to shape conditions along the south coast, with council teams in Brighton and Hove spending recent days clearing shingle and debris washed ashore by high tides and strong winds. The storm moved large volumes of shingle onto promenades and access points while also bringing ashore loose…

The Times of India · Jan 24

Isle of Wight Helicopter Crash Victims Revealed: Daughter's Plea for Help to Bring Them Home

Grieving daughter launches fundraiser to repatriate Isle of Wight helicopter crash victims Justyna and Wojtek after tragic Bank Holiday accident.

International Business Times UK · Aug 26, 2025

‘Devastated’ family set up fundraiser for couple killed in helicopter crash

Three people were killed and another seriously injured when the helicopter came down during a flying lesson on the Isle of Wight.

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2025

New dinosaur species discovered with ‘eye-catching sail’ along its back

The dinosaur has been given the name Istiorachis macaruthurae after its fossils were found on the Isle of Wight

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

The bedroom in Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's seaside home is the aesthetic precursor to 2025's 'cutecore' trend – these eclectic spaces are built to celebrate joy

Today's viral trend echoes the design impulses of the floral, ruffled bedroom at the royal beachside abode on the Isle of Wight

Homes & Gardens · Aug 11, 2025

“I’m in cricket gear and a duffle coat, side parting, being all spiritual. And people wonder why I’ve been stylistically challenged ever since!” Level 42’s Mark King saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra on colour TV and a fashion crime followed

The future bandleader wasn’t even a bassist when John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer and co burst into his young life on the Isle of Wight

Louder · Jul 21, 2025

The artist owner transformed this once rundown clapboard house into a stunning seaside home

It brings Hamptons style to the Isle of Wight

Ideal Home · Jul 2, 2025