Former location of Seaview pier On 27th December 1951, the residents of Seaview woke up to discover 100 feet of the decking of the beautiful Seaview Pier had been washed away by the sea. Most of us know that Shanklin...

A revitalised East Cowes Vics side gave a good account of themselves in their Boxing Day defeat against 1 of the strongest sides in Wessex Division 1: near neighbours Newport. New manager Alex Smith had been hard at work behind...

Thrust2 was a jet-propelled vehicle – built and designed on the Isle of Wight – which held the world land speed record for 14 years from 4th October 1983 to 25th September 1997. Amazingly, the story of Thrust2 began when...

New Vics manager Alex Smith faces a baptism of fire in his 1st game in charge at Beatrice Avenue against near-neighbours Newport on Boxing Day. 3rd-from-bottom Vics have been decimated by suspensions over recent weeks, with goalkeeper Alex Ram, captain...

(Illustrative) On a Sunday evening, 2 days before Christmas in 1883, the vicar in charge of St Catherine's Church in Ventnor, Revd Willan, demanded the keys to the vestry and attempted to lock the doors to prevent members of the...

Isle of Wight musician Ben Stubbs has launched a Kickstarter project with the hopes of raising £6,000 to create his very own album entitled: Light of my Life. Ben needs to raise £6,000 for the hire of a professional recording...

With 1 in 6 older Islanders aged 65+ living on their own, loneliness is a growing problem for older people on the Isle of Wight, but Age UK Isle of Wight aims to help and support those who need them...

Henry McLuckie Isle of Wight star-in-the-making Henry McLuckie is determined to put his cross-country trials disappointment behind him and surge to success in 2023. The St Mary’s University student trained for 4 weeks at altitude in the Pyrénées before the...

A new children’s workshop called Grow & Learn, based at the Ventnor Botanic Gardens, has been a runaway success, proving so popular it’s almost fully subscribed. The weekly workshop, which commenced in September, has a focus on art and nature,...

Newbridge memorial for lost airmen In the darkness of a December morning exactly 80 years ago, a Handley Page Halifax Bomber crashed into farmland close to the village of Newbridge in the West Wight - killing 7. The aircraft, from...