The Freshwater Five story shown on stage
Press ReleaseJamie Green, skipper of the Galwad-y-Mor, who has served 12 years in jail for the biggest drug smuggle in British…
Read MoreNew face heads up much-loved visitor attraction
The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary has appointed a new chief executive, to lead the sanctuary from the end of…
Read MoreSand, sand and yet more sand!
A motorcycle enthusiast has completed a lifelong dream by competing in the Morocco to Dakar rally race – aged 64.…
Read MoreNHS Trust engages with public over veteran care
The Island’s veteran community and members of the public are invited to come along to a veterans’ engagement event at…
Read MoreThe Veteran Hotel is officially opened
Veterans, military VIPs and volunteers gathered in Ryde last Friday (February 17) to mark the official opening of The Veteran…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Peter Wilson – Former Barratt Homes’ national apprentice of the year
National Apprenticeship Week recently highlighted the benefits of becoming an apprentice, including the training and earning opportunities linked to employment…
Read MoreHow to deal with your green waste
Spring is on its way and, for many of us, our thoughts turn to our gardens. Gardening is a great…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: If a job’s worth doing…
If a job’s worth doing… My late father-in-law, Peter, was the kind of man who put his car away in…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 20th Feb 1915
The Isle of Wight Observer of February 20th, 1915 carried the following advertisement in the Situations Vacant column. Forty shillings…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Is the NHS really the envy of the world?
There’s nowhere on the Island nicer than Yarmouth, Freshwater and Totland, but if you live in the east Wight, I…
Read MoreYoung creatives perform 9 to 5
Curtain Call Creative are performing 9 to 5 The Musical, at Shanklin Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday (Feb 15/16) at…
Read MorePeter’s in his heels again!
Fund raiser Peter May is taking on his biggest challenge yet, with a 24-hour walk in four-inch heels on a…
Read MoreGardener Darren helps Daisy Chains
A gardening-themed quiz, organised by the IW Observer’s horticultural expert, Darren Everest, has raised more than £100 for charity. The…
Read MoreHave a laugh and raise funds for Mountbatten
Between 1992 and 2009 Big Al and The Doc (the IW Observer’s columnist David Holmes) were behind a daily lunchtime…
Read MoreSchool’s out for ever in Yarmouth
Past pupils, teachers and Yarmouth residents were given the opportunity to have one final look inside the school before the…
Read MoreUpdate on NHS Trust management merger
The Isle of Wight Observer has made a formal complaint to the IW NHS Trust about their failure to consult…
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