COUNCIL ENCOURAGES ISLANDERS TO ‘WORK A LITTLE HARDER’ THIS RECYCLE WEEK
The Isle of Wight Council is supporting Recycle Now’s national Recycle Week which runs until Friday. Now in its 20th year, Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling across the nation, encouraging us into recycling more of the right things,...
Read moreDetailsBAD WEATHER SEES RED FUNNEL SUSPEND ALL SERVICES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Red Funnel has announced that it has had to suspend its vehicle service 'until further notice due to adverse weather' as well as the Red Jet service 'due to adverse tidal conditions and wave height limitations'. As previously reported by Island...
Read moreDetailsARTSWORK OFFERS £8,000 CREATIVE COMMISSION TO CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH OLDER GENERATION
A commission of up to £8,000 is being offered to creatives on the Isle of Wight, working with young people from the Island Learning Centre (ILC) to co-create a public art intervention with the aim of strengthening the links between...
Read moreDetailsCLIFFTOP CAFE GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR EXPANSION PLANS AND IS PROMPTLY PUT UP FOR SALE
An Isle of Wight café has been listed for sale after expansion plans - which include a flat overlooking The Bay - were given the green light. Blueberry’s Café on the cliff path, between Shanklin and Lake, can now be...
Read moreDetails‘MECHANICAL ISSUE’ SEES WIGHTLINK CANCEL MULTIPLE SAILINGS ON YARMOUTH-LYMINGTON ROUTE
Cross-Solent operator Wightlink has announced that, due to a 'mechanical' issue with 1 of their ships, they have had to cancel 6 morning sailings on the Yarmouth-Lymington route both tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday. On both days, the 07:30, 09:45 and...
Read moreDetailsSEELY WELCOMES LEVELLING UP MINISTER LEE ROWLEY’S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Lee Rowley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety, is visiting the Isle of Wight today (Tuesday). A Government minister is visiting the Island following the recent announcement of £20million in levelling up funding for Ryde, as...
Read moreDetailsADVERSE WEATHER PROMPTS WAVE OF CROSS-SOLENT CANCELLATIONS
Hovertravel and Red Funnel have both cancelled cross-Solent services due to adverse weather today (Tuesday). The Red Jet crossings from Cowes to Southampton at 13:15 and 14:25 were both cancelled 'due to high winds across the Solent'. Red Funnel also...
Read moreDetailsPLAY EXPLORING THEMES OF RADICALISM, AGEING AND MOTHERHOOD HEADING TO NEWPORT
Women, radicalism, ageing and motherhood will be at the forefront of the Apollo Theatre’s absorbing presentation of ‘Apologia’ in Newport this October. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play relays the story of Kristin Miller - an eminent art historian and firebrand liberal...
Read moreDetailsTEDX RETURNING TO COWES WITH MOST AMBITIOUS EVENT TO DATE
Cowes is set to welcome its 3rd TEDx event next month, with the half-day speaker conference poised to be its most ambitious to date. TEDxCowes, taking place at 14:00 on 2nd November at the Island Sailing Club, hopes to inspire...
Read moreDetailsSTONECRABS BOOK WINS BIG AT ISLE OF WIGHT BOOK AWARDS
StoneCrabs’ 'Out On An Island' book won 'Isle of Wight Book Of The Year' and 'Best Non-Fiction Book' at this year’s Isle of Wight Book Awards, with a recent celebration lunch held at the Island Sailing Club. The competition is in...
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