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NEW SERVICE TO OFFER FREE ADVICE TO KEEP HOMES WARMER AND AFFORDABLE
A new service, EnergyWise, has launched on the Isle of Wight offering local homeowners bespoke advice tailored to their needs, helping them make their homes warmer and cheaper to run. This service includes an in-depth assessment of each property using...
Read moreDetailsTHE 4 WATERING HOLES OF NORTHWOOD AND THE INTERESTING TALES BEHIND THEM
Northwood - which until the start of the 20th century was an agricultural community and mainly consisted of fields - once boasted 4 pubs, 2 of which happily remain to this day. The village - which has also been spelt...
Read moreDetailsCROWN COURT DATE FOR SANDOWN MAN CAUGHT WITH INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN
A Sandown hotelier who admitted to making and then distributing indecent images of children is to be sentenced in September. Stuart Pettifer, of Station Avenue in Sandown, admitted 3x making indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and 1x distributing an indecent...
Read moreDetailsPOPCHIPS ANNOUNCED AS FIRST SPONSOR OF 2025 ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL
KP Snacks has announced that its healthy brand Popchips will be the snack brand partner of the 2025 Isle of Wight Festival. The company - which acquired Popchips Europe back in 2018 - is already sponsoring the Latitude and Gunnersbury...
Read moreDetailsGOING ELECTRIC ALL CHARGED UP FOR RETURN TO NEWPORT NEXT SUNDAY
The Island's electric vehicle and green technology show, Going Electric, returns to Newport in just over a week's time. The world is going electric. Electric vehicles can be bought for the same price as their conventional counterparts, heat pumps are...
Read moreDetailsONE CARD MEMBERSHIP BOUNCES BACK TO EXCEED PRE-COVID LEVELS
Membership numbers across the Isle of Wight Council's leisure centres have bounced back to exceed pre-COVID levels. One Card subscriptions have soared to around 7,500 with 1Leisure facilities attracting some 750,000 visits in the 12 months up to March 2024....
Read moreDetailsTHIS YEAR’S JACK UP WILL BE THE LAST ORGANISERS ANNOUNCE
This year's Jack Up Summer Party will be the last - for now at least - as organisers confirm they are taking a step back after a 10-year run, blaming an 'oversaturated' festival market. Launched in 2013 as 'Jack up...
Read moreDetailsTHE CIRCUS IS BACK IN TOWN – JAY MILLER’S HEADS TO THE ISLAND NEXT WEEK
Jay Miller's Circus is to return to the Island next week, as the team begins their annual Summer-long residency. The popular circus will be back in its usual spot on Wootton’s Racecourse Roundabout from Friday 26th July until Sunday 1st...
Read moreDetails50MPH LIMIT PROPOSED FOR ISLE OF WIGHT HALF-A-CENTURY AGO
2 County Council committees proposed that the-then 70mph speed limit be reduced to 50mph across the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Wight Mercury reported on 19th June 1974. The proposal was made by Councillor Morris Barton, who said: "This...
Read moreDetailsNEW YOUTH HUB A ‘ONE-STOP-SHOP’ FOR EMPLOYMENT SKILLS SUPPORT
A new youth hub in Newport, delivered through a partnership between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Isle of Wight Council, aims to provide a physical ‘one-stop-shop’ for 18–24-year-olds who are on out-of-work benefits, with employment skills...
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