Wight Eagles Under-16 Captain Dani Robinson has been given a 2nd shot on her route to make it as a professional footballer. Dani, her family, and club chairman Dan Verstraeten recently travelled to Sevenoaks in Kent to undertake her next...

Jazaphar Smith-Dowse A revamped new eatery has opened on Scarrots Lane in Newport offering the best of British and continental cuisine. Valentines - as well as being a romantic moniker - also refers to the tragic sweep who lost his...

Father Jacques Kerssmakers The Catholic Herald reported the execution by the Nazis of Quarr Abbey monk Jacques Kerrsemakers in the Netherlands on 10th December 1943. Jacques was born on December 16th 1896 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He expressed his desire to...

Calbourne & Shalfleet Railway Station had a tranquil, rural West Wight existence until closure, when mysterious happenings occurred halfway along Elm Lane... The official name 'Calbourne & Shalfleet' caused disputes between the 2 villages as the sign on the platform...

Isle of Wight RFC has again supported Movember this year, with 22 players or club members growing moustaches of varying styles and raising a whopping total of £2,285 for the Movember Foundation. This charity event raises awareness of men's health...

Local headlines from 30, 100, 110, 120, 130, and 140 years ago, including a 'disgraceful' paternity case in which a villainous Victorian impregnated his under age servant girl before returning her to the Workhouse. 30 years ago (1993) DANGEROUS TOP...

Both Cowes Sports and East Cowes Vics will be hoping to advance closer to the playoff places in their respective divisions after impressive midweek victories today (Saturday). UPDATE: 11:00 Laverstock & Ford v Cowes Sports is OFF In the Wessex...

Andy Rann Jay Morris' Assassins Boxing Club put on an entertaining show for Isle of Wight boxing fans at Gurnard Pines last Saturday (2nd December). Up first was an exhibition fight between Patrick Swanson and Jamie Wrighty after Patrick’s opponent...

A Gloster Javelin jet fighter from the R.A.F. Armament and Experimental Research Station at Boscombe Down crashed at Rowborough Corner on 8th December 1955. The pilot - Squadron Leader David Dick - radioed that he was baling out over the...

Emergency surgery has twice saved the life of a much loved resident of the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. In September, the sanctuary welcomed 2 new donkeys, Theo and Noah. However, poor Theo was extremely ill and had been diagnosed...