11th Newport Guides recently visited the Isle of Wight Council chambers as part of Parliament Week, where they met Councillor Claire Critchison, the Mace Bearer and the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Maurice Sheen CBE. They learnt about...

Girlguiding members - including Trefoil members - across the Island have raised over £800 by organising and running coffee mornings and evenings in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. These well-established events which support Macmillan are run across the country and...

Sunday’s IW Marathon - organised by Ryde Harriers - saw a field of over 160 runners having to deal with warm, dry conditions. From the start at Isle of Wight Community Club, Cowes, 2-time winner and defending champion, Gary Marshall,...

Referee Ron Groves from Chale was awarded a British Empire Medal at the Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight Awards on Tuesday evening (3rd October). The Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, hosted the awards, which were sponsored by SERFCA: the South...

Following links with the Isle of Wight Volunteer Centre and Shademakers, based in Ryde, 4th Sandown Brownies and their leaders have been in a carnival mood. The leaders made carnival flags, using the Batik technique, at workshops held by the IW...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust are highlighting their seagrass restoration project at this year's Southampton International Boat Show. They have linked up with the University of Portsmouth in the bid to recolonise seagrass beds locally. Some of these...

Carisbrooke Castle is reputedly 1 of the most haunted sites on the Isle of Wight, therefore, it was entirely appropriate that renowned author Peter J Murray chose the Castle Museum to launch his latest gothic horror book, ‘The Darker Side...

Several Isle of Wight businesses are attending the Southampton International Boat Show in just under 2 weeks' time, showcasing some of the finest enterprise the Island has to offer. Already announced as supporting 'Message in a Bottle' - the Island-linked...

'Message in a Bottle' - a special boat with an Island connection that sailed the Atlantic Ocean - will be on show at the Southampton International Boat Show in September, marking the 1st time this remarkable boat has been in...

There was a celebration at the Carisbrooke Castle Museum last Friday (11th August) to mark the 125th anniversary of its founding by Princess Beatrice, who at the time was Governor of the Isle of Wight and lived at the Castle....