A poignant gathering was held in Church Litten on Valentine’s Day to remember ‘The Little Sweep’, Valentine Gray. Valentine died aged 9 at the hands of his master, Benjamin Davies, in 1822. Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council have recently added...

A donation of £1,000 has been handed over to Dover Park Primary School thanks to a bequest by Ray Allen, the famous Ryde scriptwriter who penned Some Mothers Do ‘Ave  ‘Em. This kind act aims to support the school's ongoing...

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Vecta House care home in Newport celebrated 40 years of London Fashion Week with their own unique beach-themed fashion show. Participants had prepared their costumes for the big day, and the activities team alongside residents...

Arthur Farley - a 20-year-old ILCA sailor from the Isle of Wight - is about to start his first major regatta since winning the under-19 European championships and his 8-month battle with cancer.  The 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships &...

Any flickering hopes of league glory for the Isle of Wight were extinguished by top-of-the-table Fareham Heathens in a hard-fought match-up at Wootton Rec. It was an attritional tussle between the 2 high-flying teams, with a rainy week resulting in...

Ice hockey was the premier sport on the Isle of Wight for 25 years, but it all came to a sad end in 2016. We usually associate the sport of ice hockey with a colder climate, with teams from Eastern...

The prestigious TGI Golf Partner of the Year award has returned to the Isle of Wight as Shanklin & Sandown PGA Professional Peter Hammond clinched the award at a special ceremony. Leading figures from the golf industry attended the event...

AFC Wootton comprehensively demolished a Seaview side lacking a recognised goalkeeper by 9 goals at Wootton Rec yesterday (Saturday). Seaview did well to limit Wootton to a half time 2-goal lead. Harry Collier opened the scoring for Wootton with a...

An Isle of Wight woman and a Guernsey woman discovered their husband had been bigamously married for 15 years at an inquest into his death on 18th February 1934. The inquest was held to ascertain the cause of death of...

East Cowes Vics have recorded their 4th successive victory at 2nd-from-bottom Aldermaston today (Saturday) to go 5th in Wessex Division 1 and reach the play off positions. Vics opened the scoring through Jacob Reynolds in the 36th minute (0-1). However,...