HOLMSEY: Elections – and a prediction!
Chris CornfordWell, that didn’t go very well, did it? Across the nation, the Conservative Party enjoyed fabulous election results last week,…
Read MoreHotel fire could have been prevented says businessman
A Sandown businessman claims Saturday’s Ocean Hotel fire could have been prevented, if police had acted on his warnings. Gamal…
Read MoreHeroics with a ride-on mower
A line of cattle stampeded across Brown’s Golf Course on Monday (May 10) as they bid to make a great…
Read MoreEnd of the line for Ocean Hotel
The Ocean Hotel is set to be turned into a residential and commercial complex following the devastating fire which destroyed…
Read MoreLyn’s heartbroken family walking for Mountbatten
A group of around 40 people will be walking the 10 miles along the coast from Niton to Sandown in…
Read MoreHow results day unfolded
Island Conservatives were in buoyant mood as they arrived at the local government election count last Friday. Their party had…
Read MoreReaders picture of the week
This lovely image of the sun setting over Yarmouth was submitted by Chris Higgins. He say`s: ” I started photography…
Read MorePeter is Assistant District Secretary of the National Education Union
Being born in a town with a huge bustling fishing industry and growing up, supported by benefits, in a neighbouring…
Read MoreBabushka Books says ‘support local bookshops’
Like many independent businesses, book-shops have been impacted greatly over this last 15 months, with many struggling to stay afloat.…
Read MoreKim Blackburn fundraising for Wessex Cancer Trust
Not many people would celebrate their 54th birthday with a head shave. But then Kim Blackburn is not many people.…
Read MoreTake a cup that cheers but doesn’t inebriate Help our local economy by visiting your local café
Thomas Cowper’s 1785 poem, The Task, described ‘The cup that cheers, but not inebriates’. He was referring to tea, something…
Read MoreReaders Picture of the week
This lovely image of the sun setting over Gurnard was submitted by Josh Thomas who is a 19-year-old amateur photographer…
Read MoreEco wellness site plans soon to go to planning
The owners of a proposed new eco-wellness woodland resort near Yarmouth have acted swiftly to quell fears they were cutting…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: OFCOM’s announcement is particularly worrying
‘Working from home’ used to be a bit of a joke; an excuse to get paid for doing very little,…
Read MoreArtwork seeking homes on walls
The owners of a house in East Cowes have had their lighthouse mural extended during lockdown. Bob and Judy Spendley…
Read MoreTree felling in AONB under investigation
The Forestry Commission and police have launched an investigation into the felling of around 70 trees which has decimated an…
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