MAJOR RESPONSE AS BUS AND CAR CRASH IN SHANKLIN
16th June 2025
FLAMES RIP THROUGH DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE
20th June 2025
WOMAN DIES IN CRASH WITH DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN SHANKLIN
17th June 2025
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The Crab & Lobster pub in Bembridge has been handed another damning 1-star food hygiene rating - the second within 9 months - with inspectors discovering a mouldy ice machine, flies landing on food and tubs of out-of-date crab. Following...
Read moreDetailsRed Funnel customers recently met with the ferry operator's leadership team to discuss topics at the front of customers' minds, as part of the Customer Forum initiative. Senior members of the Red Funnel team spoke openly with customers to tackle...
Read moreDetailsA group of Bembridge residents have joined forces with a local landowner to revitalise The Point, with work beginning this week to clear concrete blocks and reopen the area to the public. The project aims to transform The Point -...
Read moreDetailsWight Eagles FC & Academy hosted a spectacular end‑of‑season celebration at GG Bar & Restaurant in Newport on Saturday (14th June), bringing together around 250 players, parents, staff and sponsors for an evening of honours and community spirit. Chairman Michael...
Read moreDetailsLake Parish Council has paid tribute to Councillor Bette Young following her retirement at the Council’s recent Annual Meeting. The meeting, held for the first time at the new venue known as the Meeting Place next to the New Road...
Read moreDetailsShanklin-Sandown Rowing Club have struck gold at their first-ever appearance at the British Masters Championships, held at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham last weekend. Club members Simon Nevitt and Gary Burch competed against some of the most experienced rowers...
Read moreDetailsPlans to give a Cowes town centre bar a raised outside seating area have been refused. County Hall rejected Steve Tewkesbury’s proposal for raised seating to the rear of The Bird Bar at 104 High Street, Cowes. A statement submitted...
Read moreDetailsA team of 9 dedicated young swimmers from the Isle of Wight are preparing to represent their home at the 2025 International Island Games in Orkney next month - and they’re marking the moment with a 48-kilometre sponsored swim. The...
Read moreDetailsSouthern Vectis is working to establish the cause of a blaze that destroyed one of its Isle of Wight Festival transport buses during the early hours of this morning (Friday). It was just before 00:40 that the Salisbury Reds-liveried double...
Read moreDetailsBlue House students from The Bay CE School have officially unveiled 'Sandy McPuller', the newly named lifeboat tractor at Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, after raising over £1,200 through a school fundraiser. Last Friday (13th June), students visited the lifeboat...
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