Isle of Wight

Fylde is a crucial part of Lancashire's tourism appeal

Fylde coast helps as Lancashire is named UK’s fifth best holiday spot

L: Gilder Jack Fox works on St Walburge’s Church’s iconic Christogram. R: Canon Gwenaël Cristofoli with the yellow painted cross before it was regilded.

Historic Preston church's golden cross restored to its former glory

Six people can enjoy a four-night beachside break in the summer sunshine for less than the cost of a night out

This £89 UK break works out at just £3.71pp a night – and it’s in June

Take two, four, or even six people on a refreshing spring holiday for £99 with these offers

Parkdean Resorts offers £99 three-night holidays across six UK parks

Book before February 25 and you could save a fortune on a four-night family holiday

Full list of four-night July family holidays for less than £150

Easter holidays don't usually come this cheap

We've found a three-night Easter holiday for two for less than £100

This has to be one of the cheapest ways to head to the coast for your 2026 holiday

Full list of seven-night Parkdean Resort beach holidays under £200

A room at The Terrace, in Ventnor, the Isle of Wight. Credit: The Terrace

'I visited the sunniest place in the UK - here's where to stay'

The hotel on Shanklin High Street in the Isle of Wight suited us perfectly

Isle of Wight: My coach trip to isle with rugged coast & sunny climate

A dramatic video captures the moment a plane came in low and hit a chimney before crashing at an Isle of Wight holiday park.

Watch: Plane crashes into holiday park - metres away from family

The stunning roof garden at Golden Hill Fort, an old Victorian fortress on the Isle of Wight, where a three-bedroom house is for sale with a guide price of £295,000

Look around unique house for sale in old Victorian fortress

Parkdean Resorts is offering half price deals on its sites, like near Trecco Bay in Wales seen here

Huge 50% off holiday sale with Cornwall and Devon breaks from £79

Clockwise from left: the woodland lodges at Landguard; Eddie on stage with Sid the Seagull; the outdoor pool; our lodge

A Parkdean Resorts stay on the Isle of Wight - something for everyone

Alex Cassidy, a 22 year old Brit who built a house in the Caribbean for £3k - to live mortgage free and escape the UK's "boring" and "miserable" winter.

I built a £3k home in the Caribbean to escape rainy UK weather

You can live the Bridgerton life in these Airbnb's. Inset: Bridgerton Season 3 premieres on Netflix on 16/05/2024.

Watch: 8 opulent Air B&B's to live your Bridgerton fantasies

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson joined Norman Swain for his 90th birthday celebrations at the Fence Gate Inn in Fence

Sugar is recipe to long life for former Burnley newsagent Norman as he turns 100
Lashings of butter and sugar and always being positive is Norman Swain’s recipe for a long life.
Sue Plunkett

Beat The Streets was a winner at the 2022 UK Festival Awards

Manchester Pride and Film Festival in the running for major awards

Jason Fox: Life At The Limit, is coming to Blackpool Grand

Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins ‘Foxy’ bringing tour to Lancashire

Parkdean Resorts has launches a flash sale with cheap summer holidays for families

Parkdean Resorts launches flash sale with £99 family holidays

Knowle Mill, better known today as Bembridge Windmill, is a Grade I listed, preserved tower mill at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England. (Getty Images)

Tripadvisor reveals top 20 holiday destinations for Brits - full list

Empty supermarket shelves (photo: Adobe)

Fresh fruit and veg shortages – when will scarcity end?

The brains of spinosaurs, the biggest meat-eater to ever exist on our planet, have been unveiled by a group of UK and US scientists.

Brain of biggest-ever meat-eating dinosaur unveiled by UK scientists

Glastonbury Festival features on the list Credit: Getty Images

UK’s happiest music festivals 2023 - including Glastonbury

Best and worst places to live if you’re scared of ghosts

These are the top 10 best boating destinations in the UK, according to Heather K...

Anyone flouting a hosepipe ban could face a fine of up to £1,000 and prosecution

Will Lancashire see a hosepipe ban as August begins to hot up?

Reading Festival and Glastonbury rank the best for sleep – but Womad and Bestiva... Richard Jenkins

It's going to be a wet and windy weekend

Wind and rain weather warning issued for parts of England

Liam Gallagher says he fell out of a helicopter

Liam Gallagher shares picture of bruised face after ‘falling out of helicopter’

National Trust ranger Seth Jackson looks on as large waves caused by Storm Ellen strike Cornwall in 2020 (Photo by Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)

‘It will get worse before it gets better’: Met Office’s warning as Storm Evert h...

More beavers are being reintroduced to the UK this year - including areas they’ve been extinct for years (Photo: Shutterstock)

More beavers are being reintroduced to the UK this year - including areas they’v...

Coronavirus: at-risk over 60s saw increased infections in run up to Christmas

The latest version of the app has been in testing among residents on the Isle of Wight

Coronavirus contact tracing app rolls out across England and Wales

How to relax, recharge and reconnect on an Isle break

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Dinosaur bones have been found on the Isle of Wight - here's where else they liv...

This is what you need to know about the NHS app (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS contact tracing app might not be ready until winter - here’s what it means

Are you excited to get tickets for the 2021 Isle of Wight Festival? (Photo: Jeff Schear/Getty Images)

This is everything you need to know about the Isle of Wight Festival 2021 line-u...

Anyone who is contacted will be told to stay at home (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is when the NHS track and trace app will launch - and when you can download...

C-19 Covid Symptom Tracker

Public warned of scam text claiming they have been close to person with Covid-19

A man wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) passes customers queuing to enter a recently re-opened Pret-A-Manger shop which had originally closed-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in London (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus in UK live blog: latest as UK begins testing new contact-tracing app...

A new NHS 'track and trace' app is being trialled - here's how it works

People aged 70 and over are among those most at risk

Coronavirus: Fylde and Wyre are among areas of the UK with the highest proportio...

A musician played the violin while surgeons removed a tumour from her brain - wa...

Here's the UK weather forecast and latest Met Office warnings with snow to hit i...

Susan Wilson.

Lancaster woman marks 55th birthday by giving up 55 hours of her time for St Joh...

A hosepipe ban could be imminent in the South - here’s everything you need to kn...

Forecasters warned of "challenging" conditions

Thunderstorms return as UK braces for more disruption

Seven McDonald's restaurants in the UK will be trialling the extended service as part of a six week test period (Photo: Getty Images)

You can now get a McDonald's breakfast later as it extends hours in new trial

Mike Coleran presents a cheque for 4,864 for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) after cycling 900 miles from the Isle of Wight to Inverness

Mike Coleran got on his bike to raise money for CRY to save young lives

Michael Coleran

Garstang man to cycle from the Isle of Wight to the Isle of Lewis for Matthew He...

Neale and Emma Harper

Wedding: Date page adverts led to marriage for Neale Harper and Emma Hutton

Lancashire may see temperatures as low as minus 3C

Gusts give way to cold snap with temperatures set to plunge

John Michie

Woman who died at Bestival is daughter of ex-Coronation Street star

Motorists are being advised to avoid travelling during peak periods

Nearly seven million adults planning UK bank holiday weekend break

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ASDA apologise after mis-spelling new store location

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