Port play Fleet Spurs at Smallbrook; the Yachtsmen face Portland United at Westwood Park; Vics travel to Verwood in Dorset this Saturday (1st October). A win for 11th-placed Newport against bottom-of-the-table Spurs could see the County Town side rise as...

On this day in 1950, 28-year-old convict Joseph Purton - otherwise known as Dragon Man - was captured by the military at a disused army camp in Whippingham after being at large on the Isle of Wight for a week...

Oakfield Reserves retained the Ryde & District Cup after a physical encounter with near neighbours High Park at the Peter Henry Ground on Thursday evening (29th September). The Ryde & District Cup is the oldest football competition on the Isle...

Karen Dolan Jo Rees - from St Helens - will run the London Marathon on Sunday, hoping to raise £3,000 for the PLANETS Cancer Charity. She has been inspired to take part in the marathon by the story of Karen...

Penny Diez and Dot Porter won the annual Butterfly Trophy competition at Freshwater Bay Golf Club on Sunday (25th September). The runners-up were Denise Insley and Sue Oldeshaw. This event is held at a different club each year and is...

Isle of Wight manufacturer Datum Electronics has been shortlisted for 3 Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Maritime UK Solent Awards in the Innovation, Clean Maritime Innovator of the Year and Employer of the Year categories. Datum is 1 of only...

Emma Muncaster and father Wessex Cancer Trust teamed up with Skydive Isle of Wight and Sandown Airport for 25 brave individuals to take to the skies on Wednesday 10 August to raise £21,452.94 for the Trust. The daring skydivers were...

The Hurricanes recorded their 1st victory at the Fairway Ground this season by beating United Services Portsmouth on Saturday 24th September. The game didn’t get off to the greatest of starts, as US Portsmouth were soon ahead, following an indiscretion...

On this day in 1844, 2 local publicans were fined for opening their premises during church services at the petty sessions in Newport as reported by the Hampshire Telegraph. On the previous Sunday morning, Thomas Calloway of Yarmouth had allowed...

Liz Dunlop and Richard File Veteran 65-year-old Liz Dunlop took part in the European AG Aquathlon Championships and the European AG Middle Distance Triathlon Championships, winning bronze in the 1st event and gold in the 2nd. The European AG Aquathlon...