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Landlords East Cowes Victoria comprehensively beat tenants Newport in front of 658 spectators at Beatrice Avenue this afternoon (Boxing Day, 26th December 2024). This was the biggest crowd by far in Wessex Division 1 in the season to date and ...

The Island's dwindling night time economy has taken another hit as it is announced Wyld in Newport has closed with immediate effect. Wyld, described as being a fun party venue with a classy edge, has been part of Newport's night ...

The Isle of Wight featured twice in last night's epic Gavin and Stacey finale - but only the eagle-eyed will have spotted the subtle references... Around 14 minutes into the Christmas Day special, which aired on BBC One as the ...

A Ryde woman had a lucky escape when she opened her canvas holdall on 26th December 1994 to discover a live bomb inside. The 24-year-old woman, from Slade Road in Oakfield, had bought the bag in October of that year ...

'Ghostly revels' at Knighton Gorges, near Newchurch, hit the national headlines over the Christmas period back in 1924 - 100 years ago. Partying at Knighton Gorges during the Roaring Twenties was a somewhat strange idea, as the manor house had ...

4 Island charities supporting people with disabilities or life-limiting illness are the first of 8 recipients who will, between them, receive grants totalling almost £85,000 from Island Roads’ Isle of Wight Foundation. Each year, the foundation, established by the companies ...

A bumper crowd is expected at Beatrice Avenue on Boxing Day when East Cowes Victoria face Newport at midday. Attendances for this fixture have risen steadily over recent years: 324, 416, 523 and 565 - this year, Vics are hoping ...

A car has been left abandoned in a stream in a rural West Wight village after it careered off the road last night (Monday). The Honda Civic estate left the carriageway at Broad Lane - near Waytes Court - at ...

After a multi-million pound investment, Department - Ryde will open its doors on 13th March 2025, it has been announced. Shademakers UK, a locally based international arts and carnival company, is leading the transformation of the historic department store, in ...

22-year-old Mazie Bailey has been handed a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, after she hit a man with a glass bottle resulting in him having 7 stitches to his lip. Bailey, of Atkinson Drive in Newport, appeared at ...