God of Carnage
Press ReleaseThe Apollo Theatre’s 49th season continues with the multi award-winning comedy, God of Carnage, originally written in French, by Razmina…
Read MoreSchool poppy display remembers the fallen
There will be a poppy display featuring works of art from 23 Island schools and other groups at Quay Arts…
Read MoreNational award for Ryde’s clerk
Ryde Town Council’s clerk, Lisa Dyer, has won the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) ‘New Clerk of the Year’…
Read MoreNew Energise Me project launched
Sandown and Lake have secured funding for a six month youth project in the Bay, with local councillors launching the…
Read MoreMaggie takes up new role
Isle of Wight NHS Trust chief executive, Maggie Oldham (pictured), will take up a new role on secondment to support…
Read MoreInternational work of art lands on the Isle of Wight
A work of art named ‘A Sporting Chance for Peace’, by sculptor, Donald Brown, has been handed to an Isle…
Read MoreGone yellow for Mountbatten
The team at Isle of Wight Distribution raised £1,882 for Mountbatten Hospice by taking part in ‘Go Yellow Day’, the…
Read MoreFirst Anna Chaplain commissioned
The first ‘Anna Chaplain’, to be commissioned in the Diocese of Portsmouth, has taken place in Freshwater. Anne Powell will…
Read MoreFunding boost for active travel
Island projects encouraging green travel will receive a £175,662 government investment boost. The Isle of Wight Council successfully received a…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: The mother of a Kingston Farmhouse care home resident
When did your child last shout that they really, really love you? Mine does repeatedly, with no inhibitions. There never…
Read MoreFreshwater care home ‘inadequate’
An inspection in August by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found Seven Gables Residential Care Home as ‘inadequate’, leading…
Read MoreNew book for Newport musician
By Mal Butler A Newport musician has written a unique children’s musical interactive story book which they can read and…
Read MoreObituary – Shirley Margot Reynolds
A former Metropolitan Policewoman, who retired to Yarmouth, has died just four months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Shirley Margot…
Read MoreThe Boat – new restaurant takes inspiration from NY
The licence for what is being dubbed the Solent’s first luxury floating restaurant, spread over three decks has been granted…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The GP crisis needs sorting!
We think of Ken Clarke as Maggie’s best Chancellor but, whilst Minister of Health, he was usually at war with…
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