HOLMSEY: Everything’s gone to the dogs…
Press ReleasePsychiatrists insist that an excessive intake of food or drink is simply a substitute for happiness. Since I make it…
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Read More‘Frightening’ outcomes from HMP Isle of Wight
High-risk sex offenders in HMP Isle of Wight are not prepared effectively for their release and the prison is plagued…
Read MoreA plea for help for historic Waverley
A public appeal has been launched to “urgently” raise funds to enable the historic paddle steamer, Waverley, to sail again…
Read MoreSweet Charlie’s closes its doors
Newport dessert shop, Sweet Charlie’s, has announced its closure just a week after launching a fund-raiser in a bid to…
Read MoreCouncillor resigns after series of attacks on his property
A Freshwater Parish Councillor who has served the community for 20 years has resigned after a series of sustained attacks…
Read MoreEvil Engineer planning to blow up the Isle of Wight
This week E&T magazine, a specialist publication for the engineering and technology industry, featured a reader’s letter to their ‘Evil…
Read MoreNew Principal Takes Up Reins At Priory School
Priory School of Our Lady of Walsingham has a new principal; David EJJ Lloyd, who took up his post on…
Read MoreWitnesses sought after fatal Newport crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after an 81-year-old woman died following a road traffic accident in Newport on Monday (January…
Read MoreConcerns about teenager gang raised at meeting
Mal ButlerThe Freshwater community voiced their concerns about the behaviour of a gang of around 12 teenagers which has left them…
Read MoreEarly morning fire at Newport Quay Hotel
The Newport Quay Hotel was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday morning after fire broke out in its kitchen.…
Read MoreIW MP in Switzerland but not for the skiing
Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has travelled to Davos in Switzerland to speak at the World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 22nd Jan 1921
This week we thought we’d bring you a selection of classified advertisements from the pages of the Isle of Wight…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Let’s (not) keep in touch…
We all talk less frequently nowadays; WhatsApp text and messenger have become the communication tools of choice. They’re far less…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Jessica Atkins – Army Cadet Force Lance Corporal
Every year, a different county represents the Army Cadet Force (ACF) in the march past the Cenotaph at the Remembrance…
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