Coastguard helicopter carries out medical evacuation from St Mary’s Hospital
Isle of Wight ObserverThe 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…
Read MoreIsle of Wight OAP impaled eye on toilet roll holder
An inquest was told that a pensioner had died after falling in his bathroom and impaling his eye on an…
Read MoreRandom-rooms take customer safety “extremely seriously”
Random-rooms, based above the community library in East Cowes, have reassured customers that their escape rooms are safe. This follows…
Read MoreIsland Wessex League round-up for January 12
January 12 saw another mixed bag of results for Island sides, with a win, a draw and a loss for…
Read MoreEpiphany for East Cowes Umbrella Tree
Over 30 people, including two councillors, gathered to make a stand and to recite their poems in honour of the…
Read MoreAppeal for missing stone from Keziah’s Garden
A special stone that had been specially painted for the Keziah Memorial Garden Playground in Beatrice Avenue, East Cowes, has…
Read MoreFire crew called to Cowes garage
The Isle of Wight Fire rescue service have been called to a garage in Cowes this evening following reports of…
Read MoreBaptism takes place on Cowes lifeboat
A rare if not unique event in the annuls of RNLI history occurred at Cowes lifeboat station today (Saturday) when…
Read MoreCowes lifeboat volunteer hangs up his boots for last time
Cowes RNLI Deputy Launching Authority, Sandy Steen handed in his pager and key last night (Friday). Sandy has been with…
Read MoreMedical Transfer from East Cowes Esplanade
A patient has been airlifted by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance from East Cowes on Saturday (January…
Read MoreLatest results from Osborne Golf Club
Midweek Stableford, Division 1: Clive Beard 36 pts; 2, Derek Wright 36; 3, Paul Woolford 35. Division 2; 1, Kenneth…
Read MoreBroken but not beaten. Vics in Urry to boost Charlie!
East Cowes Vics 3 Hythe and Dibden 3 East Cowes Vics’ Wessex League Division One clash with Hythe and Dibden…
Read MoreThe death of Anthony Churchill is a great loss to sailing and publishing
The author Anthony Churchill, yachtsman and publisher, has sadly passed away on Wednesday (January 9) on the Isle of Wight.…
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