The following article was written by Alan Whitewood and Suzanne Whitewood MBE. Peter Crouch recorded a podcast in the Big Top on Thursday evening before the Denmark versus England game in the Euros. He was one of the tallest pro...

In a UK Festival Exclusive, American rock heroes Green Day will close this year's Isle of Wight Festival Main Stage on the Sunday night. The five-time Grammy Award winners and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose vastly praised...

An exhibition entitled 'Experience the Isle of Wight Festival' was launched at 64 High Street, Newport on Saturday. In his welcoming speech, Dr Brian Hinton MBE, Director of Dimbola, praised the efforts of Jo Macauley in putting the collection of...

Dimbola Museum & Galleries at Freshwater Bay held a day of celebrations on Saturday to mark the 30th anniversary of the original opening of the museum and galleries. Koo Stark wielded the scissors in 1994, but on this occasion, it...

A service of Thanksgiving to commemorate boatbuilding in the North Wight was held in East Cowes last weekend. Altogether East Cowes and Cowes, has seen boatbuilding in the towns for over 400 years. Truly a remarkable achievement and one to...

Electronic Pop duo Pet Shop Boys are the Saturday night headline act for this year's Isle of Wight Festival. They have sold more than 50 million singles, racking up 45 hits, with 28 reaching the Top 10 and 4 hitting...

P1 Wadhams in St. James' Square, Newport recently welcomed the public through its doors when it held a Fashion Futures open day. Fashion Futures by Platform One is a recent collaboration whereby fashion students can learn about the fashion industry...

Following 3 days of testing weather conditions and some exciting racing, Cowes-based Cape 31- Katabatic won its class at the RORC Easter Challenge Regatta which was sailed in the Solent over the Easter weekend. On Good Friday, with strong gusty...

Held over the Easter Weekend The RORC Easter Challenge is designed to kick-start sailing teams for the racing season. Held for over 20 years, the Royal Ocean Racing Club's training regatta offers a fantastic opportunity for World class coaching which...

Any organisation that manages to reach its 200th anniversary must be doing something right and on Monday (4th March), the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reaches that milestone. It was formed 2 centuries ago due to the visionary zeal of...