Weeks without internet for residents in Bouldnor
Mal ButlerAn internet outage in Bouldnor has left some BT Openreach users without access to on line services for several weeks.…
Read MoreSanta steps up for Day of Christmas
A last-minute Santa replacement saved the free Day of Christmas in Newport on Saturday. The original Santa, who was due…
Read MoreHero pays his respects
We Will Remember Them, the poignant words from the poem ‘The Fallen’ were read out across the Island as thousands…
Read More“Was it worth all the sacrifice?”
Island war hero, Alec Penstone, caused a stir following a television interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain last Friday (November…
Read MoreLaunch of Poppy Appeal
The Island’s Poppy Appeal was launched in Ryde yesterday with Royal British Legion (RBL) officials gathering at the town’s War…
Read MoreWight Pirate Radio hits the airwaves
A new radio station, with no adverts, has been launched on the Island. Wight Pirate Radio (WPR) is the idea…
Read MoreSandown meeting on Monday
Around 30 residents and local councillors gathered at the Broadway Centre, Sandown, on Monday, to explore how setting up of…
Read MoreMartin’s pipedream is becoming reality
The doors to the proposed Yarmouth Maritime Museum were open to the public during to an open day last Saturday.…
Read MoreShock closure of popular Salty’s
The future of one of West Wight’s top entertainment venues is in doubt. Salty’s, Yarmouth, is closing this weekend and…
Read MoreReplica Spanish galleon welcomed into Cowes
A replica of the Nao Victoria, an historical Spanish ship which completed the first circumnavigation of the world, is moored…
Read MoreFour years of support for Cambodian school
A project which started four years ago with the digging of a well, to supply water to a Cambodian primary…
Read More50 years on, Yarmouth crew remember dramatic rescue
The memories came thick and fast, and there were plenty to chat about – 50 years of them. At 1.08am…
Read MoreA chat with… Hunter Davies
“It was the stupidest thing I have ever done. It was mad. It was wilful.” Quite a statement from a…
Read More‘Little Ships’ remembered at Newport Quay
A memorial cairn, and two plaques, honouring the memory of six boats and their crews who sailed from Newport Quay…
Read MoreEast Cowes Carnival pulls in the crowds
East Cowes was welcomed back onto the Island’s Carnival merry-go-round, for the first time in 30 years on Saturday. The…
Read MoreBadgers reunite with cubs after sett entrances filled in
Badgers have begun to re-enter a blocked sett in Colwell in a determined effort to reach their cubs, following an…
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