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Next year will see the 50th Isle of Wight Sports Achievement Awards and the special event in March will have a new main sponsor. WRS Systems have come on board as the platinum sponsor of the event at Medina Theatre, ...

The Little Red Riding Hood pantomime, performed by an enthusiastic group of local amateur actors, delighted full houses across 3 evenings - and an afternoon matinee - last week. This interactive, music-filled production was a shining example of the Island’s ...

Blackwater Mill Care Home has been brimming with festive spirit this week, thanks to 2 deliveries of gifts from kind-hearted individuals at Embracing Age and local teenager, Macie Edkins-Wherry. The care home says the gifts will bring joy and comfort ...

Dover Park Primary School in Ryde recently welcomed a talented quartet from the renowned Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for a special performance and workshop with its pupils. On the 28th of November, the musicians from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra visited Dover ...

Shanklin knocked 4 goals past Ventnor without reply in the semi-final of the Challenge Cup on Saturday (14th December). The game began evenly. Shanklin showed their intent in the 27th minute when Cory Sanderson put the ball in the Ventnor ...

Is there anything more Christmassy than gathering around the town square Christmas tree with friends, warming your hands on a glass of mulled wine as the choir sings carols? On the night before the night before Christmas (Monday 23rd December), ...

Priory School recently put on a stirling production of Treasure Island at Quay Arts in Newport. The Antony Minghella Theatre at Quay Arts is an atmospheric space, open to a huge variety of uses – and the pupils of The ...

Jenni Douglas-Todd has been appointed as the new Chair of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Jenni will take up the role from April 2025 and will lead the statutory Boards of the 2 organisations, ...

A plastic dustpan left on top of a wood burner led to a call out to Haylands for Ryde firefighters yesterday afternoon (Sunday). 2 appliances - 1 wholetime and 1 retained - and an officer were mobilised by fire control ...

14 couples entered The Royal Isle of Wight Medal knock-out competition in 2024. The much-treasured trophies were gifted to the club, together with other memorabilia, when the Royal Isle of Wight Golf Club closed its doors in 1961. This year, ...