Once upon a time, the County Town of Newport had 3 cinemas - that was before the coming of Cineworld at the start of the present century. But do you remember the movie theatres that came before the cinema giant...

A new film sharing the stories of people supported by local hospice Mountbatten Isle of Wight has just been released. In Your Mountbatten Stories, several people talk about how they have benefitted from the charity’s wide-ranging care and support services...

An invasive species of gigantic Japanese seaweed appeared set to engulf the seaside resorts around the Isle of Wight 50 years ago. The weed - sargassum muticum - is capable of growing an inch a day up to a length...

In a season in which there have been fears that interest and enthusiasm for Isle of Wight football had waned, Ventnor FC have fielded their 1st-ever A Side. The Ventnor 3rd-string side are returning football to the village of Wroxall...

The husband-and-wife team of Bea and Neil Janes took the silverware in Shanklin and Sandown’s Tetlow Salvers competition last Sunday (23rd July). 12 teams took to the course vying to win this mixed greensomes stableford competition but, Bea and Neil...

Isle of Wight Talented Athlete Jan Fletcher took 10th spot in her age group (45-49) at the World Age Group Sprint Triathlon Championships in Hamburg. Jan competed in a strong field of 71 athletes and was the 2nd fastest British...

7 weeks after competing in the Island's first Mixed Martial Martial Arts event - Island Fight League - and winning the Flyweight MMA Title, Will Perrin has claimed a 2nd Championship belt: the Supreme Championship Flyweight Title. After becoming the...

The Isle of Wight has basked in the praise of plaudits since their 'successful' Island Games performance, but really the Isle of Wight should have done a lot better... At the close of the Guernsey Island Games, the Isle of...

Lucy Burke emerged victorious as Ladies’ Champion and winner of the Scratch Salver at the Shanklin and Sandown Ladies’ Championship held on 17th and 18th July. Lucy achieved a gross score of 158.  The runner-up was Dawn Hodge with 161...

Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice at their wedding Princess Beatrice - the youngest child of Queen Victoria - married the dashing Prince Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham Church on 23rd July 1885. Beatrice was known to the royal family as...