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Being nominated and becoming a semi-finalist in one category of the Isle of Wight Venus Awards is an honour in itself, but Claire Rees (Warne) of Rhythm Time Isle of Wight is a semi-finalist in three categories this year. Claire...

A photographer, who is travelling the length and breadth of the country to capture all 237 RNLI lifeboat stations on camera, is to visit the Isle of Wight this weekend. Jack Lowe plans to visit all RNLI lifeboat stations in Britain...

Fishbourne-based Rebel Marine have recently added a new 14-seater MCA Coded Redbay Safari RIB to their charter fleet allowing their business to expand. The company will be offering corporate and private skippered charters from any Solent port. As well as...

An Island patient has been awarded the Dr Robert Lawrence award in recognition of his courage and perseverance of living with diabetes. Raymond Webb from Shanklin has been awarded the medal for living with diabetes for some 60 years. Having diabetes...

Work has now begun on recreating the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show garden designed by Matthew Wilson at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice in Newport. After 6 months of planning the relocation team, led by Craig Ratcliff of C.A.R Gardens, have set to...

Although Ryde has seen a number of art galleries in the past, there is something very new and exciting about the People’s Gallery which opens in Union Street next month. Izi Evans is a well known local artist based in...

The iconic BT Tower London will once again play host to the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust's High Tea fundraising event, a rare chance for the public to visit this most famous landmark of the London skyline. On the 11th February...

A Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) Travel Ambassador needs your vote if he is to become a national award winner in the Visit England Tourism Superstar Awards 2016.  Aaron Orman is one of only 11 candidates from across the country to...

Next month the Isle of Wight Heart Care Club will celebrate its 25th Anniversary and Lyn Smith, from Whippingham - a founder member and the ‘heart’ of the Club - it celebrating a quarter of a century with the club...

Osborne House in East Cowes will once again feature on the television today (Friday) on BBC Two's new series 'What to Buy and Why'. Today's episode of the show uses Osborne as a backdrop to test some of the newest consumer...