NEWS FROM COUNTY HALL: Cllr Jonathan Bacon – Cabinet member for children’s services and education
Isle of Wight ObserverI last wrote a piece for this column in September, when the IW Council’s cabinet was on the cusp of…
Read MoreGetting into the festive spirit at Osborne
English Heritage is inviting children to meet Father Christmas at Osborne, the home of the traditional Victorian Christmas. Father Christmas…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: ‘I am an innocent man’
A relative once told me she’d deliberately placed her iron face-down on her well-worn sitting room carpet. Thanks to contents…
Read MoreMusic at the Minster is special fund-raiser
A festive evening at Newport Minster has raised more than £6,000 for Wessex Cancer Support, drawing over 200 Islanders to…
Read MoreBoat building boom success for the Island
Mal ButlerTwo major boat-building projects, worth millions of pounds, are close to completion as part of a major success story for…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: MPs are right not to follow majority
Dear Editor, Paul Martin, Island representative for Dignity in Dying, will be pleased that the Terminally Ill Adults (End of…
Read MoreMaritime Minister is set to visit the Island
The Maritime Minister, Mike Kane, is to visit the Island following a private meeting with the leader of the Isle…
Read MorePeople’s tenor, Russell Watson, raises the roof
With an audience of almost 400, All Saints’ Church in Ryde, hosted an evening with Russell Watson, with conductor, Robin…
Read MoreCowes’ Christmas hubcap tree is a festive highlight
This December, Cowes shoppers have been treated to a variety of festive shop window displays, but one has really captured…
Read MoreRegeneration plans unveiled for Shanklin
Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy ReporterBig Mead park upgrade, sea-wall restoration, and a redecorated Shanklin Cliff Lift are among proposals in a regeneration drive under…
Read MoreSanta’s postponed his visit to East Cowes due to Darragh
IW Observer.co.ukSanta has called the IW Observer offices this afternoon to say that he has been blown a bit off course…
Read MoreA masterclass in being Frank
by Richard Priest Comedian Frank Skinner left a sold-out audience at Shanklin Theatre crying out for more, after a comedy…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 7 December 1889
This week we have two stories about ball games from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 7th December 1889.…
Read MoreClassical lunchtime concerts bring CALM
During Advent, Newport Minster is joining a practice enjoyed by many larger cities around the country – lunch-time classical concerts…
Read MoreSanta Specials are more fun this year
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The railway’s Santa Special rides…
Read MoreBishop is ‘likely’ to refer church school closures to school adjudicator
The Bishop of Portsmouth, Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, has expressed deep concerns about Isle of Wight Council’s proposal to close…
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