National titles aplenty for IW young dancers
Chris CornfordAn Island dance academy has won an incredible seven titles at the ‘Follow Your Dreams’ national competition. The Starlight Boutique…
Read MoreTeacher turns author inspired by flashbacks
A retired English teacher and lecturer has just had her first book published chronicling her 40 years of teaching around…
Read More‘Amazing’ Gift to Nature built at Golden Hill Fort
Golden Hill Fort has a new, amazing feature as a two-year project comes to its final stages. The fort, near…
Read MoreDelay decision until we know that rules are being followed
An Island councillor, who has bitterly opposed a planning application for 27 additional holiday lodges at Carter’s Paddock near Ryde,…
Read MoreObituary to John Rushby
The chairman of Shanklin’s Royal British Legion (RBL) has died at the age of 85. John Rushby was born in…
Read MoreNick Knowles – New T.V Show Coming to Isle Of Wight
The star of BBC’s DIY SOS, Nick Knowles, is to appear on Channel 5 for the first time, after landing…
Read MoreWalking for Mountbatten in memory of Jonathan
An East Cowes man, whose younger brother passed away suddenly, is walking 100 miles in his memory for Mountbatten on…
Read MoreEmma feels the love over nail salon plans
A neighbour’s objection to a nail studio in a back garden has ‘brought out the love’ from the Island community,…
Read MoreReader’s Picture of the week
The 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Read MoreNo comment as homeless hostel plans are withdrawn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…
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