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Former Sandown High School student and Shanklin resident, Lindsey Bonnick, is to star on Sky 1's brand new show 'Sing: Ultimate A Cappella' later this month. Since leaving school Lindsey, 32, has explored several music ventures both on and off...

Cross-Solent operator Wightlink has welcomed Daryl Palmer to the team as the company's new Operations Director. Daryl began his career as an apprentice engineer in Yorkshire then spent 20 years with Royal Mail and 11 years at Heathrow Airport in...

The Island 2000 Trust will be delivering a new project worth over £63,000 after securing grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Vestas Technology UK. Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players and donated by the local wind turbine...

A film that followed the last months of 4 Islander's lives under the care of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice is to be premiered at the BFI London Film Festival this month. 'ISLAND', directed by Steven Eastwood, follows 4 individuals and...

Spinlock, designers and manufacturers of rope holding equipment and personal safety products for leisure and commercial water users, are celebrating continued growth in 2017 and the expansion of their Cowes-based factory. The recent installation of new machinery and resultant increase...

The Restaurant at The Seaview Hotel has been awarded a prestigious Michelin Bib Gourmand for the third consecutive year. The Bib Gourmand, created by Michelin in 1997 in recognition of affordable and creative dining, is regarded as to be as...

Red Funnel has won a coveted UK Customer Experience Award, earning first place for excellence within the travel, leisure and hospitality sector. The annual event is the largest of its kind in the world, and honours companies who have demonstrated...

Hoverparcels, the cross-Solent parcel service operated by Hovertravel, is the fastest way of transporting small to medium items of freight and parcels to and from the Isle of Wight. Operating 7 days a week, Hoverparcels is available in the freight...

As the LGBTI Pride season draws to a close in the UK, 6 Pride organisations - including the Isle of Wight - have thrown their hat into the ring to host UK Pride in 2018. The first UK Pride took...

Dame Judi Dench and comedian Eddie Izzard, the stars of the new film 'Victoria & Abdul', have returned to the Isle of Wight this weekend. It's the first time the duo have been on the Island since filming several parts...