Isle Access helps road crews focus on residents’ support needs
Isle of Wight ObserverIsland Roads’ staff and representatives from many of its supply chain partners have been focusing on some of the access…
Read MoreDefeat but no disgrace for plucky Yachtsmen
Portland United 3 Cowes Sports 1 Cowes Sports’ trip to Portland failed to yield any points for the Island outfit,…
Read MorePlan to reward farmers for reducing air pollution welcomed
A government plan which clearly sets out the air quality challenges facing farmers and rewards them for tackling air pollution…
Read MoreSpecialist Fire Investigation Officers probe Cowes motorboat fire
Specialist Scenes of Crime Officers and Forensic Fire Investigators from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service have spent the day probing…
Read MoreSociety shows support for life-saving Isle of Wight charity
Building society members’ small change has helped a Ryde lifeboat station buy vital equipment which could help save lives. Yorkshire…
Read MoreAll dressed up in new kit for the New Year!
Cowes Ladies and Cowes Girls Youth U15 football teams are celebrating the New Year, having both secured new kit sponsorship.…
Read MoreCitizens group formed to defend Island health services
On Saturday, January 12, a committed group of island residents joined together to highlight and plan actions to help prevent…
Read MoreLucky escape after car rolls over in West Wight
Occupants of a blue Peugeot 106 have escaped without serious injury after the vehicle left the road and rolled into…
Read MoreFull Council could ‘take back control’ of Island parking charges
An outspoken member of the Isle of Wight Council claims that an amendment he hopes to move at Full Council…
Read MoreLifesaving equipment thrown in sea and rubbish kicked about by group of vandals
Vandals have put beach users’ and locals’ lives at risk after throwing bins and life rings into the sea in…
Read MoreBurns teenager airlifted to mainland hospital following Cowes boat fire
An Isle of Wight teenage boy has been airlifted to a specialist burns and plastic surgery centre in Swansea, Wales,…
Read MoreCowes Yacht Haven on lockdown – teen left with life-changing injuries
Firefighters from Newport and Cowes were mobilised to Cowes Yacht Haven (off the High Street) in the early hours of…
Read MoreCoastguard helicopter carries out medical evacuation from St Mary’s Hospital
The Coastguard rescue helicopter, Rescue 175, has been called onto the Isle of Wight to carry out a life-saving transfer…
Read MorePolice probe East Cowes mountain bike thefts
A police investigation has been launched following the theft of a teenager’s mountain bike in East Cowes. A gang of…
Read MoreGreen protest blocks traffic in Newport
Around a hundred noisy and colourful green protestors, led by Green Party candidate Vix Lowthion, blocked traffic in Newport on…
Read MoreBembridge New Year’s Day beach clean
Bembidge No 8 café organised a mini-army of beach cleaner volunteers to clean up part of Bembridge beach to kick…
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