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NOSY’s creative clean up of a popular park

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Creative colleagues at NOSY have been on a mission to tidy some of the Island’s popular recreational spaces. The team,…

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The countdown is on to Go Yellow 2024, for Mountbatten IW, on October 11. Whatever you wear, eat or do,…

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Enjoy the Great Wight Bite, with top chef, Valentine Warner, who’s giving a cooking master-class on stage, taking part in…

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Ventnor Town Council and St Catherine’s Church will be holding a new ‘Really Useful Thursday’ event this Thursday (September 5)…

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The men are turning into great bakers in Calbourne, with a record 17 cake entries in the 40th annual village…

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In Division One, league leaders, Cowes Medina A, won 8-2 (65-64) away at Sandown A, second-placed Plessey A won 9-1…

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Islander, and former lifeguard at the Waterside Pool in Ryde, Annie Caddick, rowed herself to an impressive Silver medal in…

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Ref Jezz Colebrook issued four second-half red cards in the Newchurch Res v Vectis Res encounter. Shanklin won the Challenge…

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A ship’s pilot took to the sky to raise around £1,500 for Mountbatten last week. More than 60 people, many…

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Children help fundraise for Balu and Banji’s new home

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During a visit to the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown, the grandchildren of Jim Isted, better known as ‘Jurassic Jim’,…

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Colourful characters all around Brading

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Island cricket Newport won the Senior Cup, beating St Helens by 8 runs, in a close encounter at Newclose. After…

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A majority of recent feedback for the Island’s health and social care services is negative, according to an Island watchdog.…

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