Sandown Beach rescue for elderly lady
Isle of Wight ObserverSandown Beach Life Guards came to the rescue of an elderly lady, who fell in the incoming tide at Yaverland…
Read MoreYoung rider makes the podium in bike festival
Young rider, Finley Manser-Grundy, travelled to the Malvern Hills, with his family over the bank holiday weekend, to compete in…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: You’re only young once in a lifetime!
Picking at spots, dreaming of girls, and – furtively – looking at top-shelf magazines in newsagents are things I remember…
Read MoreEmily’s duck comes home first – again!
Writer and performer, Emily Scotcher, made a song and dance by winning the Crown Inn at Shorwell’s annual charity duck…
Read MoreNEWS FROM COUNTY HALL: Cllr Karen Lucioni – Cabinet member for regulatory services, community protection and ICT
In March 2023, the previous government announced every police force in England and Wales would receive at least £1 million…
Read More‘Deafening’ silence from ferry operator
Over recent weeks, further troubling allegations have emerged concerning the current management and the future of Red Funnel. Despite the…
Read MoreSea songs and shanties raise money for coast watch station
The 2024 Yarmouth Festival of Sea Songs (YSSF) continued its growing success and raised £6,000 for The Needles Coastwatch (NCI)…
Read MoreOpposition grows to oil giant’s pipeline plan
Island residents are increasingly opposing ExxonMobil’s proposed Solent CO2 Pipeline. IW councillors, Nick Stuart and Claire Critchison, have teamed up…
Read MoreYinspire launches new expanded class schedule
Yinspire Yoga, in Brading, has released an exciting new schedule for September 2024. The expanded schedule features Yin Yoga (Monday…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Houses needed – but for the right people
Dear Editor, I have mixed feelings about the government’s housebuilding plans for our Island and I am keeping my fingers…
Read More’Small Town Witches’ come to the Island
Mal ButlerA Sandown shop has been used as a location for a magical pilot episode of an American TV series, entitled…
Read MoreYet another dentist practice quits the IW
A petition to protest against the closure of a dental practice in Freshwater has attracted more than 700 signatures in…
Read MoreWhat is ‘steampunk’? Find out next month!
Oxford’s English Dictionary defines steampunk as ‘a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting and typically features steam-powered…
Read MoreWill there be good news at Christmas for Ventnor?
Specialist ground engineering works, hoped to facilitate the full re-opening of Leeson Road, Ventnor, will start on September 9. The…
Read MoreTwo sisters are waiting for a forever home
These two beautiful cocker spaniels, Luna and Star, are patiently waiting for a forever home. These gentle, 10-year-old sisters have…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 27 August 1853
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 27th August 1853 carried two accounts of the theft of food that came…
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