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Exhibitors, visitors, and industry professionals alike contributed to the vibrant atmosphere across the 2-day IW Homes & Interiors Show last weekend, which has been hailed as another great success. Workshops, demonstrations, and sales were particularly well-received, with many visitors choosing...

Before the lights, the discos and the live music, the Ponda Rosa was no more than a pig farm in the quiet countryside of Ashey. But by the 60s, 70s and 80s, the Ponda Rosa had become one of the...

Spooky season is here and The Price Is Wight is offering a fang-tastic Halloween Ball experience at the luxury Lakeside Park Hotel & Spa in Wootton - and all at a frighteningly good price. The exclusive event is being held...

120 pupils of Bembridge Primary School were sent home after their classrooms were invaded by dozens of venomous false widow spiders on 4th October 1995. The Church of England school was forced to close after one of the tropical spiders...

An Isle of Wight man has been appointed as the first-ever Chief Executive Officer of Sepsis Research FEAT, as the charity embarks on a major expansion to raise awareness and fund life-saving research across the UK. Stephen Moore, who grew...

Sandown Town Hall’s street-facing façade will get a facelift as part of the building’s ‘much-needed’ restoration. The Isle of Wight Council’s Listed Building Consent application to refurbish Sandown Town Hall’s frontage on Grafton Street has been accepted. Approved plans include...

"We will be contesting all seats with the aim of taking control of County Hall next May" - those are the words of newly-elected Reform UK Councillor Bill Nigh following his victory in last night's (Thursday) Lake North by-election. Nigh,...

The owners of Ventnor Winter Gardens have formally notified the Isle of Wight Council of their intention to sell the iconic building - triggering a 6-week period for the community to step forward with a bid under Asset of Community...

St Nicholas Chapel at Carisbrooke Castle was reconsecrated as a memorial to King Charles I on 3rd October 1905. The ceremony was led by the Bishop of Winchester and attended by Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and then...

Mary and Chris Leslie have now officially stepped away from Busy Bee Garden Centre after some 38 years, bringing their time at the helm of the much-loved Isle of Wight business to a close. The founders, who started Busy Bee...