Shanklin have set up an exciting finale to the end of the Isle of Wight football season by beating Binstead at the County Ground on Tuesday evening (3rd May). The Seasiders now have the chance to win a treble of...

Volunteers from Ventnor Rugby Club became caterers at Watcombe Bottom and raised £500 for charity during the Isle of Wight Randonnee on Sunday (1st May). More than 1,000 cyclists took advantage of the facilities and refreshments available at Ventnor Rugby...

Ewan CookWightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team's Joe Staunton and James Veal competed in tough road races during the Bank Holiday weekend (30th April/1st May). Joe and James both took part in the Portsmouth North End CC National B E/1/2 Road...

3 bands – Abbey Brass, Cowes Concert Band and Vectis Brass – joined forces for Brass for Ukraine at Christ the King College, Newport on Sunday (1st May). A retiring collection and a raffle raised over £1,150 for MAD-AID, the...

Football Fun Factory, which claims to be the UK’s fastest-growing children’s football coaching organisation, is to hold free 3-week trial sessions in Ryde, Sandown and Ventnor. The organisation’s football programmes for kids of all ages, genders and abilities aim to...

Isle of Wight residents are invited to attend the 60th anniversary of a tragic air accident on St Boniface Down, Ventnor on Friday 6th May. On 6th May 1962, Channel Airways Dakota G-AGZB had been attempting an approach to Portsmouth...

More than 60 lady golfers from across the Isle of Wight recently competed in the President's Frolic at Cowes Golf Club, raising £132 for Mountbatten Hospice through a raffle held at the event. The golfers were welcomed by Janet Roberts,...

Wight Tri had a strong contingent of triathletes taking part in their 1st mainland triathlon of the season, the Southampton Sprint Triathlon. With an early morning start and to allow for the members to catch the first catamaran, all the...

Isle and Empires: Romanov Russia, Britain, and the Isle of Wight is to be reprinted as Putin’s invasion of Ukraine strains Anglo-Russian relations to the hilt. The book, now in paperback with a new preface from author Stephan Roman reflecting...

The Phoenix Choir’s second concert this year will be at Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge on Saturday (7th May). The concert will be in aid of the church’s development plans. A spokesperson for Phoenix Choir has said: “Holy Trinity Bembridge wants...