Ryde Town Council and Ryde Library are delighted to be able to announce a brand new collaboration to bring free reading to Ryde beaches. Books on the Beach was the brainchild of Ryde Library’s Jo Dodd, who contacted Ryde Town...

Isle of Wight Arts Society members gathered recently for a special 40th Anniversary Lunch at the Lakeside Hotel & Spa. Members enjoyed a 2-course meal, followed by coffee and the cutting and sharing of a specially commissioned, iced anniversary cake....

Ventnor bowler, Will Mew In Southern Premier League Division 1, top-of-the-table Ventnor - currently 2 points clear of 2nd-placed Portsmouth - travel to North Hampshire to face 6th-placed Alton. Ventnor are currently on a run of terrific form, having secured...

Ryde Rowing Club host the 3rd Hants & Dorset ARA Championship Regatta of the season this Saturday (4th June) with Shanklin's Championship Regatta taking place on Sunday (5th June). This year’s Regatta marks the 45th Anniversary of a Hants and...

There are only 24 hours left to view the varied creations on display as part of this year's 2022 Chillerton and Gatcombe Scarecrow Festival, which has been another great success for the villages. The festival, which comes to an end...

UKSA has received a Tesco Community Grant to allow 50 school children across the Island to join its Test the Water programme for half a day. Customers chose UKSA as a beneficiary with tokens provided within Tesco stores on the...

Up-and-coming Irish band Fizzy Orange are flying over from Dublin, Ireland, to play Strings Bar & Venue in Newport on Friday (3rd June). Fizzy Orange are a 6-piece indie soul band that have made a name for themselves in Ireland that...

Marilyn Stafford, 2020, with thanks to Julia Winckler Dimbola Museum & Galleries in Freshwater will exhibit decades of photography by renowned 97-year-old Sussex photographer Marilyn Stafford from Friday 10th June. This will be the first ever retrospective exhibition of US-born,...

The NSPCC is calling on Island nurseries and schools to down tools on Childhood Day, Friday 10th June. Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s flagship day of fundraising that takes places on the 2nd Friday in June every year. On Childhood...

Arreton Barns will be staging a June Bank Holiday weekend of Jubilee fun on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June. Saturday will be aimed firmly at family fun. Join Bob the Cob and Connie Corn from 10:00 – 16:00. Wander...