50-year-old clerk Richard Shortas Fleming Lackey pleaded guilty to bigamously marrying Ryde woman Lilian Mabel Unwin at Hants Assizes in Winchester on 5th July 1923. The amorous Mr Lackey had form for this particular offence: this was the 2nd time...

Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club members took part in a mixed foursomes stableford, playing for the much coveted Saunders Rosebowls on Sunday 11th June. The teams took to the course in fine weather and, from the field, the husband and...

An Isle of Wight Representative XI beat a Cowes Sports XI by the best of 3 goals at Westwood Park yesterday evening (Tuesday). This was the final practice game for the Isle of Wight before competing in the Island Games...

Chale girl Frances (Fanny) Stallard was sentenced to death at Winchester Assizes for the murder of her daughter Agnes on 4th July 1887. Frances had fallen pregnant at the age of 19 to a local seaman George Gattrell. Her child...

Ryde Harriers travelled to the Lordshill district of Southampton to run the Lordshill 10k, an annual race route with origins in the 1990s and revised in 2007. The event was rightly promoted as a ‘friendly’ road race hosted by ‘Southampton’s...

The Isle of Wight Cricket Board has announced its decision to withdraw its Under-14 and Under-16 sides from English Cricket Board competitions for the remainder of the season. This follows complaints from larger counties that the gulf in standards between...

Football returns to Westwood Park this evening (Tuesday) as a Cowes Sports XI face an Isle of Wight XI. The Isle of Wight men's football team has already played 2 practice games ahead of the Island Games in Guernsey. On...

Wight Tri members competed in an Island Games fundraising event, a GO Tri Super-sprint Triathlon, at Yaverland Sailing Club over the weekend. 15 competitors took part in this event, which started with a 400m sea swim, followed by an undulating...

Independent business Honeybourne Jewellery celebrates its 20th anniversary in July of this year. Established in 2003, the brand has flourished under the creative vision of Sophie Honeybourne, a graduate of London's prestigious Royal College of Art. To mark this significant...

The Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Racing Team were in action on the mainland this week looking to improve on their previous results. On Tuesday, Chris Marsh, Oli Nolan, Charlie Orchard and James Veal competed in the last round of the Goodwood...