HOLMSEY: Smoke and mirrors: our cash-strapped council blows £26k on puff patrol
Isle of Wight ObserverThe council’s always banging on about being flat broke. That’s unsurprising, when most officers still get to retire in their…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: I’m not surprised we’re all going mad!
Dear Editor, I read the other day that thousands of people are claiming benefits for mental disorders. I can’t say…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 17 July 1858
The quality of the waters around our shores for bathing is a hot topic today – but, as these extracts…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Water, wind and wardrobe choices
It’s almost that time of year and my red trousers are pressed and ready. It’s rumoured only members of the…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Stephen Crockett – Wight Community Energy
It’s 25 years since the first mass production car with an electric motor rolled off forecourts – the Toyota Prius.…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Not learning the lessons of history
Dear Editor, The world seems obsessed with Jews. I don’t understand why. The Jewish right to the land of Israel…
Read MoreWIGHT IN WESTMINSTER: Richard Quigley MP — Labour MP for IW West
As Parliament prepares to break for the summer recess, from July 23 to September 1, it offers my team and…
Read MoreGREEN FINGERS: Time to enjoy your hard work
As per usual, I’ll start off with a mention about the weather. What a summer we are having! There’s lots…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 14 July 1888
We found this look at Ryde, from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 14th July 1888, quite amusing –…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Phones, Apps and Healthcare
Do you find yourself walking head down, staring into the palm of your hand? While sitting at traffic lights, do…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Ian Dore – Organiser of IW Armed Forces Day
sle of Wight Armed Forces Day aims high, to deliver excellence. It’s what the armed forces community deserves and is…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Unexpected consequences
Dear Editor, When the council chose to increase the council tax for second homes, did they for one minute think…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Thank you – I was proud
Dear Editor, I write with praise at a time when the news is often full of doom and gloom, following…
Read MoreWIGHT IN WESTMINSTER: Joe Robertson MP – Conservative MP for IW East
Spiking, including putting a harmful substance in another person’s drink, is set to become its own separate offence later this…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Bombs, doors and chairs!
West Wight residents were incandescent last Sunday, but they weren’t fretting about bunker-busting bombs dropping on Iran. Over in Freshwater,…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: John Hobart – supporter of King Charles III Coastal Path
The latest proposal, to direct the King Charles III Coastal Path via public highways in East Cowes, is not acceptable,…
Read More