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PLATFORM ONE STUDENTS TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL
Talented music students from Platform One College will appear at the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend. Students from the college, whose BA (Hons) Commercial Music degree is accredited by the University of Chichester, will be opening the Main Stage...
Read moreDetailsFASHION ND TEXTILES STUDENTS’ FINAL PROJECT BALLGOWNS TO FEATURE IN EXHIBITION
Independent Arts in Newport has invited Fashion and Textiles BTEC students at The Island VI Form to showcase their spectacular ballgowns, designed and made for their final major project, as an exhibition and runway fundraising event. The Ballgown project incorporates...
Read moreDetailsISLAND ROADS ON HIGH ALERT FOR FOREIGN INVADER – HIMALAYAN BALSAM
The ongoing battle against the invasive Himalayan balsam plant has been reinforced by Island Roads. Members of the Highways PFI company’s frontline staff, including district stewards, were recently given a briefing about the destructive plant by Natural Enterprise’s Rivers and...
Read moreDetailsLAKE LOOS TO BE DEMOLISHED NEXT WEEK TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW CONVENIENCES
A dated toilet block in Lake will be demolished over the coming weeks to make way for brand new, £200,000 modular public conveniences. 1 disabled and 2 unisex toilets are to be put in place at the junction of New...
Read moreDetailsHOSE RHODES DICKSON TO CLOSE BEMBRIDGE BRANCH AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS
Hose Rhodes Dickson is to permanently close its Bembridge office this week, Island Echo can reveal. A notice on the door of the High Street branch says that due to 'unforeseen circumstances', the office will be closed for the remainder...
Read moreDetailsJUST OVER 2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL MARDI GRAS RETURNS TO RYDE
Over 20 school and community groups will take part in this year's Mardi Gras parade in Ryde on Saturday 6th July, with handmade costumes created on the theme of ‘Story of Carnival’. Groups have explored celebrations from early history and...
Read moreDetailsTOP INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR CHARLIE AND RED SQUIRREL
Newport's Red Squirrel Property Shop has been nominated for no less than 4 awards in this year's Agents Giving Fundraising Champion Awards, with the firm's boss Charlie Panayi also nominated for an individual award. Agents Giving has announced the much-anticipated...
Read moreDetailsRIDE THROUGH RYDE! CYCLEWIGHT TO RUN SECOND KIDICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
CycleWight is organising its second Kidical Mass Ride - this time through Ryde - as part of the IOW Biosphere Festival. The inaugural ride took place in March this year and was a great success. The Biosphere Festival celebrates and...
Read moreDetailsISLAND DUO ADMIT THEFT OF FALSE LASHES FROM SUPERDRUG
An Island pair well known to the courts have admitted stealing a pair of false eyelashes from Superdrug back in April. Amber Gagen, 24 of Green Street in Ryde and Maddy Allen-Wilsher, 20, care of Godric Road in Newport, appeared...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR’S ROUTE 31 SERVICES EXTENDED THANKS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING
Additional funding has been secured for Ventnor's Route 31 bus, with extra journeys being put in place to support residents in Bonchurch, St Lawrence and Ventnor. The Ventnor Town Council-funded minibus service has been in operation for many years, serving...
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