A chat with… The Blue Water Giants
Mal ButlerThey have played with some of the biggest names in the music business, and Friday night The Blue Water Giants,…
Read MoreWhat is the personal impact of the problems with the coroner’s service?
Carole DennettThese are the personal experiences of the IW Coroner service, of just two of the people that have contacted MP…
Read MoreMP receives many complaints about the IW Coroner
by Joe Robertson The backlog of cases awaiting the Isle of Wight Coroner is now the worst in the country,…
Read MoreCrisis? What Crisis? The IW Coroner seems to think the scandal is publishing this photograph!
A brand-new coroner’s courtroom, in Newport, sits unused, while bereaved families face the longest inquest delays in the country. Yet,…
Read MoreIsle of Wight planning applications: 4th July 2025
See full planning notices and all documents by entering the reference number into the search bar on the planning portal.…
Read MoreIW Observer 335
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Read MoreVIDEOS: Tilly and her Amazon World Experience Day – Part 2
Isle of Wight ObserverSee part one here: VIDEOS: Tilly and her Amazon World Experience Day – Part 1
Read MoreSwanage challenge for Rob
One of Wight Tri’s newer members, Rob Webb, took on the Swanage Standard Distance Triathlon on Sunday, racing through one…
Read MoreWI cheque presentation
Brighstone WI held its annual meeting recently and presented a cheque for £800 to Isle of Wight Search & Rescue…
Read MoreParents turn to bare-bones tactics in fight for education
A ‘Skeleton Protest’ by local parents and carers, frustrated by long delays and ongoing battles to secure essential educational support…
Read MoreTransport upgrade wins Island Roads top honour
Island Roads’ work on the Ryde Transport Interchange has received national recognition, winning the Creating Better Places Award at the…
Read MoreVectis Historic Vehicle Club’s car show in support of Mountbatten
A classic car show supporting two Island charities returns to Northwood Showground, on Sunday, July 6. The event, run by…
Read MoreIsland dancers heading to Spain for Dance World Cup
Three talented young dancers from the Isle of Wight are part of Team England at the 2025 Dance World Cup…
Read MoreIsland scores well in the Hampshire Open
Reg ‘The Ledge’ Woodmore battled to runner-up place in the Hampshire Open as part of the Island’s youth darts academy,…
Read MoreIsland sport fixture for Saturday July 5th
Cricket Waterlooville v Ventnor (12.30pm), Ryde v Burridge II (1pm), Ventnor II v Cadnam (1pm), Portsmouth & Southsea II v…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Bombs, doors and chairs!
West Wight residents were incandescent last Sunday, but they weren’t fretting about bunker-busting bombs dropping on Iran. Over in Freshwater,…
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