Future Solent are hoping Crowdfunding success will enable them to commission a glass award in memory of David Green, the founder of Ecoisland who died in 2013.
Local volunteers helped with further testing at the weekend for the CentiFloat™ 100 person buoyancy aid, created by an Isle of Wight company to help the humanitarian crises in the Southern Mediterranean.
The Island Line trains team were presented with an award for outstanding teamwork on the project to repair the network following a landslide and subsidence.
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the 21 year old motorcyclist who died following a collision on the Military Road today. The driver of the Jeep has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
'Forget Benefits Street' screams the Daily Mail headline, going on to imply that the Isle of Wight is worse, as "residents pocket half a BILLION of state handouts every year." OnTheWight unpicks the alarmist headline, laying out the facts.
The Coastguard say the outcome of this incident could have been very different had there not been plenty of other vessels in the vicinity and stresses the importance of having a DSC VHF radio on board.
A new growth fund for young and start-up Armed Forces Businesses catering for service leavers, veterans, families, spouses, reservists and cadets has been announced.