Shock closure of popular Salty’s
Mal ButlerThe 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…
Read MoreTragedy on bank holiday as helicopter has fatal crash
Sincere tributes have been paid after a helicopter pilot and two passengers died following a helicopter crash near Shanklin, on…
Read MoreMottistone Manor gardeners sacked without warning
A group of volunteer gardeners, who have more than 100 years’ service between them, have been axed by the National…
Read More113th Yarmouth Carnival visited by the Red Arrows
The Red Arrows gave their seal of approval to the 113th Yarmouth Carnival with a flyover midway through the street…
Read MoreNewport Carnival was ‘Just like the old days’
A variety of new floats was greeted to huge cheers, as the crowds came out in force for the Newport…
Read MoreAbbeyfield’s new retreat built with Island legacy
A new summer house in the grounds of Abbeyfield, Yarmouth, was officially opened by West Wight MP, Richard Quigley, on…
Read MorePride in Ryde: The sunshine after the rain
Ryde was filled with rainbows and love as the streets were filled with colour and dancing during IW Pride on…
Read MoreStrolling Players celebrate five decades of local drama
Past and present members of the New Strolling Players were reunited as the amateur dramatic company celebrated its 50th anniversary…
Read MoreA sensor network for drones of the future?
Drones delivering critical medical supplies to the Island could be a vision of the future. A sensor network, developed and…
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