Reader’s Picture of the week
Chris CornfordThe picture selected this week has been sent to us by Leslie Cutbush and was taken whilst patiently waiting at…
Read MoreNo comment as homeless hostel plans are withdrawn
Controversial plans for a homeless hostel in Sandown have collapsed after the owner of the property withdrew from the sale.…
Read MoreArmed police stand off in Sandown.
A dramatic emergency response deployment, including armed police, resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old man on Wednesday (April 21)…
Read MoreJoey’s lifechanging op
A family who set up an appeal to raise £7,000 to pay for a private operation to save their three-year-old…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Musing on politicians
In 1998, the good (misguided? Ed) people of Freshwater elected me to represent them. On arrival at County Hall, I…
Read MoreGoing bananas for Mountbatten
Chris Hayton is braving the shave and facing the wax to raise money for Mountbatten. Chris lost his beloved mother,…
Read MoreVolunteers wanted to restore lifeboat
The former coxswain of Bembridge RNLI is looking for volunteers to help paint one of its old lifeboats, the ‘Langham’.…
Read MoreA life growing up in Wootton.
A Wootton man, who wrote of his childhood memories during the 1920s, has finally had his work published as a…
Read MoreCalender on sale to support library
The 2022 West Wight Calendar, which directly supports Freshwater Library, is now on sale. The calendar costs £7, including delivery,…
Read MoreSandown community rallies round after theft
A Sandown charity fundraiser has spoken of her ‘disbelief’ after two teenage girls stole items from a donating table she…
Read MoreRed Squirrel Property Shop Wins Award for lettings third year in a row
The Red Squirrel Property Shop, based in Newport’s St Thomas’ Square, have won the British Property Lettings Award for the…
Read MoreWaste plant on budget and due to open in June
The new Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at Forest Road in Newport is due to open in June, more than two…
Read MorePrincess Royal visits the IW
Princess Anne visited the Island on Wednesday, just days after the death of her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, and…
Read MoreKaren returns to finish IW walk – a year late!
A year after her aborted walk around the Island, Karen Penny returned in style on Tuesday via the 1925 Fastnet…
Read MoreCalling independent candidates
If you, or someone you know, is standing as an independent candidate for the Isle of Wight Council on May…
Read MoreIW County Press puts news behind paywall
The Isle of Wight County Press (IWCP), owned by Newsquest, publishers of 165 newspapers and on-line news outlets across the…
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