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The Tritone Singers will bring festive cheer to Ryde next month with their annual Christmas Concert, taking place at Garfield Road Methodist Church on Saturday 13th December at 19:00. Directed by Richard Wilkins, the concert will feature a mixture of ...

Brading Town fought valiantly at Vicarage Lane but fell just short in a pulsating 3-4 defeat to Bournemouth Sports in the Hampshire Trophy on Saturday (8th November). The Romans started the tie playing up the slope and soon found themselves ...

NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight is urging patients to make use of newly available urgent dental appointments if they need them this Winter. Around 34,000 additional appointments have been made available to patients who have an urgent need to ...

Once a striking landmark on Sandown’s seafront, the Blue Lagoon witnessed decades of changing leisure trends - from Art Deco swimming to performing dolphins and late-night discos. Opened in the 1930s, the pool was originally called the Beausoleil, a name ...

All three Isle of Wight teams were unbeaten this afternoon (8th November), with Newport claiming a vital victory and Vics and the Yachtsmen securing hard-earned draws. NEWPORT EDGE FIVE-GOAL THRILLER TO CLIMB INTO PLAY-OFF CONTENTION Newport defeated promotion rivals Hamworthy ...

Tickets are now on sale for a special festive party night at Northwood House in Cowes this December, with The Price is Wight offering exclusive access to the 'Delux Disco' Christmas event for just £32 per person. The event will ...

Wightlink has been forced to cancel all of its Fastcat sailings to and from the Isle of Wight for the rest of the day. The cross-Solent operator says that due to an earlier technical issue with Wight Ryder II, it ...

Solent Transport, in collaboration with Versapak International and the University of Southampton, has developed a new insulated medical carrier that has officially achieved regulatory compliance for the air transport of patient pathology specimens. This breakthrough paves the way for routine ...

Starting from Cowes on Sunday 9th August 2026, the Round Britain & Ireland Race will mark the return of one of the World’s most challenging and prestigious offshore events. Organised by the RORC and first run in 1976, the Round ...

A conservatory has been destroyed by fire at a remote woodland nudist site on the Isle of Wight this lunchtime (Saturday). 3 appliances from Ryde, Newport and Shanklin are currently on scene in the village of Havenstreet, where a blaze ...