Ventnor Rugby Club kicked off their 50th anniversary season with a President’s XV versus a Chairman’s XV match. A number of the original club members joined in the celebration, which was enhanced by a visit from Nick Pointing’s Chitty Chitty...

East Cowes Vics play Cowes Sports in 'El Clasicowes' at Beatrice Avenue this evening (Tuesday).  This is the first time the 2 sides from opposite banks of the Medina have faced each other in a competitive fixture for 6 years...

Concerned parents rallied outside Arreton St George's Church of England Primary School to protest its proposed closure yesterday afternoon (Monday). Arreton - a school with around 180 total places - is 1 of 6 schools facing the axe according to...

Missing 12-year-old schoolgirl Margaret Clarke was found safe and well in Ryde after a 4-day search involving 500 Police officers, it was reported on 9th September 1954. Margaret - from Birmingham - had been holidaying in Bournemouth with her parents,...

Busy Bee has announced that its ever-popular Christmas World will return at the end of September - in less than 3 weeks' time! A special preview evening for Reward Customers will be held on Friday 27th September, from 17:00 to...

Challenging pin positions set the tone for Westridge Golf Club's Men Championship on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of September. The Competition started on the Saturday in fairly calm conditions, but the course was well protected by the...

2 new crime novels written by 2 exceptional local authors - Anna Britton and Sarah Lawton - are set to be released in September. The 2 authors will talk about their newly published novels - Drowning Tide and Close To...

Red Squirrel Property Shop Ltd - based in Newport - have been given a Gold Award for Estate Agents Masters for the 2nd year in succession in the Best Estate Agent Guide Awards - the only award that agents don’t...

Members of Ryde based strength and conditioning gym, CrossFit Incursion, performed 60,000 burpees on Saturday, 3rd August in an effort to raise vital funds for the Mountbatten Hospice., Isle of Wight. Around 70 hearty revellers hit the sand of Appley...

Unbeaten Shanklin kept up the pressure on Ventnor and W&B at the top of Harwoods Division 1 with an entertaining 2-4 victory over Bembridge at Steyne Park on Saturday. Shanklin came out on top courtesy of a a brace from...