Popular farm café and shop are even more welcoming
Press ReleaseThe ever-popular Bluebell Café and Briddlesford Farm Shop reopened on Monday, after closing for redecoration and refurbishment, and now has…
Read MoreEnquiries continue into fatal Newport accident
Police closed Newport’s High Street last Friday afternoon to recreate the scene of the fatal collision between a lorry and…
Read MoreIW Classic Tractor run’s charity cheque handover
A cheque for £850 raised from December’s Isle of Wight Classic Tractor run has been presented to the Friends of…
Read MoreEnsemble cast tackles gripping WWI play
A powerful adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful is coming to the Apollo Theatre this February. The author, best known…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Everything’s gone to the dogs…
Psychiatrists insist that an excessive intake of food or drink is simply a substitute for happiness. Since I make it…
Read More‘Frightening’ outcomes from HMP Isle of Wight
High-risk sex offenders in HMP Isle of Wight are not prepared effectively for their release and the prison is plagued…
Read MoreA plea for help for historic Waverley
A public appeal has been launched to “urgently” raise funds to enable the historic paddle steamer, Waverley, to sail again…
Read MoreSweet Charlie’s closes its doors
Newport dessert shop, Sweet Charlie’s, has announced its closure just a week after launching a fund-raiser in a bid to…
Read MoreCouncillor resigns after series of attacks on his property
A Freshwater Parish Councillor who has served the community for 20 years has resigned after a series of sustained attacks…
Read MoreEvil Engineer planning to blow up the Isle of Wight
This week E&T magazine, a specialist publication for the engineering and technology industry, featured a reader’s letter to their ‘Evil…
Read MoreNew Principal Takes Up Reins At Priory School
Priory School of Our Lady of Walsingham has a new principal; David EJJ Lloyd, who took up his post on…
Read MoreWitnesses sought after fatal Newport crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after an 81-year-old woman died following a road traffic accident in Newport on Monday (January…
Read MoreEarly morning fire at Newport Quay Hotel
The Newport Quay Hotel was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday morning after fire broke out in its kitchen.…
Read MoreIW MP in Switzerland but not for the skiing
Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has travelled to Davos in Switzerland to speak at the World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 22nd Jan 1921
This week we thought we’d bring you a selection of classified advertisements from the pages of the Isle of Wight…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Let’s (not) keep in touch…
We all talk less frequently nowadays; WhatsApp text and messenger have become the communication tools of choice. They’re far less…
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