Events

Cycle and skate enthusiasts are being invited to a skate park fun day in Ryde this weekend, organised by Hampshire Constabulary and Ryde Town Council. To promote the use of the skating facilities at Quay Road in Ryde (behind Superbowl),...

The next meeting of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Board, is to be held on Wednesday 30th April 2014 at  09:30 in the Conference Room at St Mary’s Hospital, Newport. Members of the public are welcome to attend and papers...

The Orpheus Singers are set to tour the Isle of Wight from Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June. The Orpheus Singers Ladies Choir hails from Hadleigh, near Southend on Sea in Essex.  They will be entertaining audiences with their...

Two of UKIP candidates for May’s European Parliamentary election, Diane James and Nigel Jones, will be speaking at a free public meeting at the Riverside Centre, Newport on Wednesday April 30th from 19:00. Diane James is candidate number three of...

To mark the Federation of British Historic Vehicles Club ‘Drive It Day’ on Sunday 27th April, there will be free admission to the Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum on Newport Quay between 10:30 and 16:00. The Vectis Historic Vehicle...

If a friend is posting pictures of themselves back ‘then’ with heavy makeup, floppy hairstyles, cavalry trousers and white frilly shirts (and that’s the men) ask them where the epicentre of New Romanticism was in the UK. ‘Then’ was the...

Concert trio “In Voice and Verse” celebrate William Shakespeare’s outstanding contribution to our culture by presenting his Greatest Hits right here on the Isle of Wight early next month. The show is a unique combination of speech, song and art...

Spectators turned up in their masses to marvel at a range of ploughs and support the annual Isle Of Wight Memorial Ploughing match that took place at New Wolverton Farm, Shorwell weekend before last (6th April). Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferries...

Islanders are being urged to make the most of the extended Easter weekend and stock up with what your garden needs for a blooming marvelous summer. The Spring Plant Fayre at Ventnor Botanic Garden celebrates all things green and is...

The NHS Nightingales choir are to mark their first anniversary with a celebratory free concert at St Mary’s Hospital on Sunday 27th April 2014. The group is made up entirely of current or retired staff and volunteers from the Isle...