Events

Students from Sandown Bay Academy have organised a fundraising day next week to help raise money for Dreamflight and Children with Cancer UK, two charities close to the student's hearts. Sandown pupil Jade Thomas, 15, suffered from a brain tumour...

Wightlink Ferries Chief Executive Russell Kew and senior managers discussed ferry services with around 200 commuters arriving home at Ryde Pier on Tuesday afternoon. A wide range of subjects was raised by customers at the ‘Meet the Managers’ event including...

The Isle of Wight Council's annual Lights of Love Service will take place at 19:00 on Friday (13th December). The event, which will be held at the Isle of Wight Crematorium, is for families and friends to remember loved ones...

Students of Medina College in Newport are set to present their performance of Miss Saigon next week. The hard-working individuals are performing three times in the run up to Christmas on Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December at...

A group of Old English Inns on the Island are welcoming a very special breakfast guest this December. Ryde Castle, The Fountain in Cowes, the Folly Inn in Whippingham and the Hare and Hounds in Newport are hosting breakfast with...

Cowes Concert Brass Band is performing three Christmas-themed concerts in the Cowes area over the coming weeks. The first is at All Saints’ Church, Gurnard, on Monday (2nd December), at 19:45, followed by East Cowes Methodist Church on 9th December...

A moving exhibition of Titanic paintings at Cowes Library, created by Brighton-based artist Bonny Cummins, has been extended for a further two weeks. Bonny’s stunning oil paintings plot the course of the ill-fated liner from her departure from Southampton, to...

Breathe Easy, the charity attached to the Respiratory Department at St Mary's Hospital, are organising  a visit of Father Christmas and his Grotto to Sainsbury's superstore in Newport. Father Christmas and his happy band of elves will be at Sainsbury's...

The link between Cowes businesses and the local RNLI was strengthened when the lifeboat station hosted the first networking evening staged by Cowes Business Association. In welcoming over 30 traders to the station, deputy launch officer Hugh Robotham said the charity...

This year’s Rob da Bank’s Music Club Christmas Spectacular will take place at Quay Arts, Newport on Wednesday 27th November 2013. Families & friends are invited to come and watch the talented Island students’ performances in the Theatre at Quay...