Health campaigners on the Isle of Wight have welcomed the announcement of new plans to stop the promotion of smoking to young people. This will mean removing cigarette displays in shops and preventing underage access to vending machines…
Thanks to the joys of online participation and social network sites such as Flickr, I discovered a new community venture being planned on the Isle of Wight for 2009. There seems to have already been a public meeting about the Isle of Wight Community Renaissance Festival of which was held to see if there was interest from the community at large…
Late yesterday, the Coastguard Helicopter winched a 29 year old man from the Isle of Wight to safety just before the fishing vessel he was on sank. Cowes RNLI lifeboat and Gosport and Fareham SSRO lifeboat were also launched…
A survey of 1,241 Islanders in June and August 2008 has found that 63 per cent of Islanders would speak highly of their local NHS. This is 22 points up on the same survey conducted between January and March 2008 and well ahead of other areas in the south…
Following a burglary in Sandown, Police on the Isle of Wight are warning Christmas bargain hunters to beware of stolen second hand goods for sale. Detectives are making an appeal after computer games, jewellery, a portable music player, and hairdressing equipment were stolen during an alleged burglary…
A pupil of Hunnyhill Primary School, Pipi-Lotta Kulla, aged eight, has won this year’s competition to create a Christmas card for Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner. Pipi-Lottas’ winning design illustrating the verses of the Twelve Days of Christmas poem, follows in the footsteps of last year’s winner from the same school…
The Isle of Wight Refuse Collection and Recycling will change for 3 weeks during Christmas and New Year 2008/2009. To find current list of all the relevant changes with details of where to deposit your redundant Christmas Tree after the festive season…
Over 90 ladies who served in the Women’s Land Army and Timber Corps are gathering for a special reception on the Isle of Wight to commemorate their service during World War II…
