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Carolyn Keene reports: Would you like to ‘Fly the Wight’ for under a tenner and bring the Isle of Wight virtually to your PC?
Now you can with a Flight Simulator program from Just Flight, letting you see the real Wight from the air and pinpoint key landmarks. Keeping in with the Eco Island ethos, view the entire Island with principle towns of Newport, Cowes, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Yarmouth, Ventnor even The Needles Rocks and lighthouse (pictured) specially rendered in 3D! (more…)
Gavin Foster reports: Nominations for a next month’s landmark Isle of Wight parish council elections are now closed. When the new councils are voted in and established it will mean that the Isle of Wight is completely emparished.Â
While elections for most wards in the new Ryde and Newport Parish Councils will be necessary on May 1st there will be no poll in Whippingham and Northwood because nominations received did not exceed the number of seats available. (more…)
David Newble reports: Today, as part of Alcohol Awareness Week, the Island’s police, Isle of Wight Council and the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust are joining forces to promote a safe drinking message on the Isle of Wight.
The Alcohol Awareness campaign runs between 7th and 14th April aims to highlight the dangers of drinking too much and to encourage sensible drinking among vulnerable groups particularly the young. (more…)
Carolyn Keene reports:  Today, we see television celebrity Alan Titchmarsh (pictured) take on the Queen’s appointment as her High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight.
The new High Sheriff, Alan Titchmarsh was officially ‘pricked’ into action by the Queen last month at Buckingham Palace. The confirmation was performed by the Queen as she used a silver bodkin to ‘prick’ Alan’s, name into a list written on parchment of new High Sheriffs for England and Wales. (more…)