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BESTIVAL Island Bands & DJs Grand Final compere Scott Anderson has launched the Isle Of Wight Bass Players Facebook page.  Scott, who comperes the Bestival Bandstand every year and teaches workshops at Rob da Bank’s monthly Music Club, was fortunate enough to...

ONCE a Royal residence, Barton Manor in East Cowes has sold for a staggering £9 million. The Grade II manor, which was once part of Queen Victoria's Osborne Estate, has been sold to online entrepreneur Alex Haig-Thomas of Virtue Media...

A new befriending service is set to launch on the Isle of Wight. F2F is designed for parents of children recently diagnosed or still in the process of trying to get a diagnosis for a child of a disability. The volunteer befrienders...

ORGANISERS have this afternoon confirmed that the 4th Midsummer Jazz is going ahead tomorrow, despite the recent bad weather. A spokesperson for the event said: "We're watching the weather and it looks as though we'll be good for another great...

A burst water main in Ventnor has caused long diversions and delays in the area. Leeson Road, the main road entering the town, is currently closed while Southern Water repair the burst main, That was discovered at 2am this morning....

COWES RNLI lifeboat's radio direction finding equipment was used with great effect in a pitch-dark Solent last night, when a craft with two people aboard reported they were broken down and lost in mid-Solent.  When the craft, a RIB called...

NOW is the time to enjoy Isle of Wight asparagus - some of the best in England. But there's another sort of fresh asparagus that's almost unknown in this country. White asparagus is grown in Germany and is available for...

HAVING recently unveiled an alluring array of alternative Bestival 2012 pleasures including The Grand Palace of Entertainment, the Slumbarave, Time for Tease, the Knees Up Tent, Mazy’s Art Club, Club Dada and myriad sideshows and micro-venues, we are now very...

ABERDEEN Asset Management is delighted to announce the launch of the 2012 Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week junior art competition. Continuing this year’s ‘Best of British’ theme, Under 16 sailing enthusiasts from sailing clubs across the UK are invited to...

ISLE of Wight charity The Footprint Trust has today announced that an incredible 14,000+ Bestival Adopt A Bottle water bottles have so far been distributed to Island schoolchildren at more than forty Island schools. The distribution of the distinctive Adopt-A-Bottles...