VENTNOR ARTIST NAMED WINNER OF QUAY ARTS’ OPEN EXHIBITION
Quay Arts is delighted to announce the 2021 OPEN prize winner is Ventnor artist Paul Woods. The selection panel was unanimous in selecting Paul based upon his OPEN entries and wider body of thought-provoking and idiosyncratic work. We look forward...
Read moreDetailsMAIN NEWCHURCH ROAD CLOSED FOR WATER MAIN REPAIR WORKS
The main road through Newchurch has been closed to allow emergency works to take place. Winford Road will be closed from its junction with harbors Lake Lane to its junction with Palmers Lane to allow a burst water main to...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER CONCERNED OVER LACK OF JUSTICE FOR PRISON OFFICERS WHEN ASSAULTED
On her second visit to the Isle of Wight since taking up office in May, Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, heard how prison officers feel that they are not being treated fairly when they are the victim of an...
Read moreDetails2 ROW OFFS FOR RYDE ROWING CLUB AT HANTS & DORSET CHAMPIONSHIPS
Following the last regatta of the Covid curtailed Hants & Dorset ARA season, Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club were involved in 2 row-offs for Hants & Dorset ARA Championships as they had equal points. Racing was over a straight 1900m...
Read moreDetailsBOB SEELY MEETS WITH GREENPEACE OVER THREATS FACING THE SOUTH WIGHT SEAS
Bob Seely, MP for the Isle of Wight, and Sir Peter Bottomley, MP for Worthing West and Father of the House of Commons, this week met with a member of the coastal fishing community and campaigners from Greenpeace at sea....
Read moreDetailsSTAR WARS RAFFLE PRIZES UP FOR GRABS IN NEWPORT CARNIVAL FUNDRAISER
Star Wars fans may well want to get involved in a new raffle that is set to raise funds for Newport Carnival Association. Sharon and Martin of Silver Screen Autographs & The New Rembrandt Gallery in Scarrots Lane are delighted...
Read moreDetailsNEARLY £15,000 IN GRANTS HANDED TO 7 ISLAND GOOD CAUSES IN LATEST WIGHTAID PROGRAMME
7 Isle of Wight good causes have received a share of £14,579 thanks to Wight Aid’s grant giving programme. Funded via donations from Isle of Wight companies, investors and individuals looking to support the Island’s community, each month Wight Aid...
Read moreDetailsCOWES LIFEBOAT TASKED TO ASSIST CREW OF CRUISER AFTER ONBOARD ELECTRICAL FIRE
An electrical fire aboard a motor-cruiser carrying a family of 5 this morningsparked an urgent launch for Cowes lifeboat. The 30-foot craft was off Newtown at the timeof the call for help. However, by the time thelifeboat arrived alongside the...
Read moreDetailsBOTH BEMBRIDGE LIFEBOATS LAUNCHED AS ANGLING BOAT BREAKS DOWN IN THE SOLENT
The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI was kept busy with 2 separate shouts prompting both lifeboats to be launched within minutes of each other this afternoon (Sunday). Bembridge RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat, the RNLB Norman Harvey, and the All-Weather Lifeboat, RNLB...
Read moreDetailsTREE ALIGHT EXTINGUISHED BY RYDE FIREFIGHTERS AND YOUNG LOCAL RESIDENT
Firefighters were mobilised to extinguish a burning tree in Ryde this afternoon (Sunday). The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene on Rosemary Lane after receiving a 999 call from a local resident who had...
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