Free water butts for homes in Binstead
Isle of Wight ObserverHomes in Binstead are being offered free water butts to try to help prevent floods as part of a scheme…
Read MoreNew service will make lives easier for holiday let owners
With the 2024 Easter holidays not far away, holiday let owners will now find it easier to get essential and…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 4th February 1888
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 4th February, 1888 recounts a story about a stable boy who goes to…
Read MorePlans withdrawn
Plans for four residential lodges at Riviera Park, at Shore Road in Bonchurch, have been withdrawn. The proposals were submitted…
Read MoreGroup hopes election year could save Military Road
Mal ButlerA new group has been formed to discuss and tackle the problem of the erosion of the Military Road. The…
Read MoreEntries open for Round the Island Race 2024
The Island Sailing Club (ISC) has opened entries for this year’s Round the Island Race, which will set off from…
Read MoreSafe inside a bin
Island police have launched an investigation after a Newport shop was broken into in the early hours of Thursday morning.…
Read MoreOn the ropes?
It was round one to the Isle of Wight Council this week, when MP, Bob Seely, was forced to correct…
Read MoreSPONSORED ARTICLE: The music’s really great at Newport’s oldest pub
Enjoy live music at the Castle Inn in Newport every Friday and Saturday. Tonight (Friday) you can rock with Dirty…
Read MoreAction group is ready for protest
An action group, which has been formed to try to reopen Harbour Farm, Bembridge, as a nature resort and tourist…
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Read MoreFirst Rapid Chess fixture attracts mainland visitors
Chess players, ranging from ages 13-80, took part in the Island’s first Rapid Chess Tournament at Yelf’s Hotel, Ryde, on…
Read MoreStolen sentimental items not recovered
Two men appeared in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, following incidents on the Island of theft and the use of…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Music was my first love…
When the great and the good are invited onto Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ they can only choose eight songs.…
Read MoreMaisie gets the chop for charity
A 10-year-old Lake schoolgirl has had her ‘first major hair chop’, raising more than £500 for Breast Cancer Now, and…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Ed Blake – New IW councillor for Ventnor & St Lawrence
“You’ve taken on a lot of work there!” that is the most common reaction when people comment on my new…
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