Lanesend pupils pass on Harvest Festival products
Isle of Wight ObserverChildren and families, from Lanesend Primary School, donated a large collection of food to the IW foodbank, in Cowes, as…
Read MoreSir Grit-a-Lot helps Island Roads prepare for winter
The familiar rumble of the gritters returned over the weekend as Island Roads held its annual ‘autumn parade,’ preparing the…
Read MoreLegal service opens the new legal year
Isle of Wight ObserverThe Isle of Wight’s legal community gathered, at Newport Minster on Monday, to mark the ceremonial opening of the new…
Read MoreZoe’s law raised during PMQs
In the House of Commons on Thursday, Ben Goldsborough MP used his Prime Minister’s Question to call for the implementation…
Read MoreAnnual Wightrider event is a success
Classic buses toured the Island as the Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum hosted its annual Wightrider event. The…
Read MoreWI hear about horrors of war
The motto of the Women’s Institute is ‘inspiring women’, and few women are more inspirational than Eva Clarke, and her…
Read MorePolice raid former ‘Private Shop’ in Newport
Police smashed their way into the former ‘Private Shop’ on Pyle Street on Tuesday afternoon following reports that the commercial…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 20 October 1855
This gruesome entry about a cold-blooded murder in Southampton appeared in the Isle of Wight Observer published on 20th October…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Wight Bid or Wrong Bid? Where’d our tourists go?
Tourists are an absolute pain in the backside, aren’t they? They clog up the roads and take all the best…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Where’s the great in Britain?
Dear Editor, I totally agree with A. Saunders (Soapbox, Sept 19) and am disgusted to hear about the unlimited taxi…
Read MoreWin two pairs of tickets to Ronnie, Reggie & Me
For decades they were feared as the ultimate gang lords of the London underworld, but their reign ended in 1969…
Read MoreDoctor-Led Weight Loss services in Newport
At Wight Aesthetic Clinic in Newport, we believe successful weight loss is about more than just a plan – it’s…
Read More‘Is this level of secrecy acceptable in a publicly-funded organisation?’
The Chairman of Visit Isle of Wight, Kent-based David Curtis-Brignell, has refused to answer questions about the organisation’s finances and…
Read MoreDecadeance fund-raiser for Mountbatten
The Chairman of the IW Council, Ian Dore, rolled back the years as he took to the turntables for a…
Read MoreCouncil agrees to new Floatie
Councillors unanimously voted to replace Floating Bridge 6 last night, after former council leader, Lora Peacey Wilcox, said that so…
Read MoreNew ferry deal sails into political headwinds
At the end of September, Njord Partners, an investment firm that specialises in buying up businesses in financial distress, announced…
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