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Lifeboat Crew Called Out at Fort Walk

Lifeboat Crew Called Out at Fort Walk

Bembridge Lifeboat crew were scrambled when it was thought two people got into difficulties on the unofficial St Helens Fort Walk at about 9pm this evening (Thursday). The RNLI crew arrived to man the lifeboat, but were quickly stood down, as two coastguards already at the scene were able to handle the situation on foot…

London MCM Expo 17

London MCM Expo 17

One of the most anticipated events of 2010 London MCM Expo 17, is fast approaching. Expo encompasses Anime, Manga and Cosplay, fans are getting ready to meet their favourite film actors, writers and artists and world famous videogame developers…

FREE Festival Tickets For Volunteers

FREE Festival Tickets For Volunteers

Suffering from a lack of festival funds? don’t write off the 2010 music festival season just yet. For just four hours of your time, you could bag yourself a FREE weekend ticket to some of the biggest UK festivals, including; the Isle of Wight Festival in June…

Focus On Apprenticeships

Focus On Apprenticeships

As National Apprenticeship Week 2010 drew to a close, it’s hoped the surrounding publicity encourages more people to look into and take up the wealth of opportunities on offer. A meeting with ‘Time Team’ Tony Robinson, created an impetus for me to discover some history of Apprenticeships and to share current informational links…

National Apprenticeship Week

National Apprenticeship Week

Today is the launch of National Apprenticeship Week and a special Breakfast Seminar will take place at the Albert Cottage Hotel in East Cowes on 4th February between 8am and 10am…

White Christmas Fun On Wight

White Christmas Fun On Wight

The fun promotion by Nokia where Islanders voted and won a White Christmas for the Isle of Wight, graced Seaclose Park. As there was not much advance publicity about the event, we managed to take a few photos for our readers to enjoy…

Bestival Wins BMS in UKFA 2009

Bestival Wins BMS in UKFA 2009

Although the title may look cryptic to the uninitiated, news reaches our inbox: Bestival has won Best Medium Sized Festival in the UK Festival Awards 2009. Bestival curator BBC Radio 1′s Rob da Bank, will no doubt respond with pride at Bestivals latest win, as Camp Bestival also scooped its own award too! Best Family Festival…

Watch BBC for Pudsey’s Big Night In!

Watch BBC for Pudsey’s Big Night In!

Prepare for a dazzling show tonight from 7pm on BBC One as Terry Wogan, Tess Daly and Alesha Dixon bring you the BBC Children in Need Appeal show. Pudsey is… Read more »

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