The Isle of Wight - which has never returned a Labour MP in its history - now appears likely to have 2 Labour members in the next parliament. This result is according to a YouGov poll in which 14,000 voters...

The latest data for primary school attainment for the 2022/23 academic year makes grim reading for education bosses on the Isle of Wight. 53% of the Island's 1,375 Key Stage 2 pupils have reached the expected standard, compared with 60%...

Lewis Johnstone (Ryde Reprobates) Rydes table tennis teams made short work of Newport in Division 1 in the week ending 13th January. Newport Vics A suffered a 10-0 defeat by Ryde Reprobates, with player-of-the-match the Reprobates’ Hugh Idle, and Newport...

Sandown & Shanklin RFC have gone top of Hants County 2 after vanquishing Basingstoke by a 40-point plus margin on Saturday (13th January). In the 1st half, the home side raced to a 19-point lead, scoring 3 tries without reply....

30 years ago today Isle of Wight hippies refused to leave their homes on the edge of a precipice at Blackgang, despite Police warnings they were in 'grave danger'. The new age travellers had been lodging in the former nudist...

Shanklin, Brading Town and Ventnor all consolidated their position in Isle of Wight Division 1 by taking 3 points on Saturday (13th January). Cowes Sports Reserves 1-3 Ventnor 6th-placed Ventnor vanquished the 5th-placed Yachtsmen at Westwood Park thanks to an...

Did you ever walk back along Mill Lane from the Ryde or Medway Queens in a state of inebriation? If so, you must be at least 50 years old! The 2 paddle steamers were moored at Island Harbour and served...

There were mixed fortunes for Isle of Wight Wessex League sides with an away win for Cowes Sports, a home draw for Newport, and defeat for Vics in Dorset. PORT DENIED 3 POINTS BY LATE COVE GOAL Newport were denied...

Wessex Premier team-of-the-month Cowes Sports travel to Portsea Island to face Baffins Milton Rovers today (Saturday). The Yachtsmen are just 1 point behind 5th-placed Brockenhurst in the 4th playoff position but have 3 games in hand. This Saturday, Brockenhurst have...

The 'StubbingNOT' was a 10km social run around Sandown Bay, which was held on Sunday (7th January). The social run was organised to coincide with the Stubbington 10km - a traditional season-opening running race held just over the Solent. Popular...