Ninety four years on the 1914 Christmas Truce Football match was replayed this week in France. On Armistice Day 2008, officers and soldiers remembered those who gave their lives in battle by playing a football match where, on Christmas Day nearly 100 years ago, British and German soldiers played football together in no man’s land in a rare day of humanity amidst the horror of war…

Chris from Meadowbrook in Ryde writes: I understand there may be a German Market held on the Island itself. Do you have any information on this as we would like to organise a trip from our centre? As the Island Pulse is a source of information…

Thousands of people from all over the country came to Southampton, to say goodbye to QE2. She arrived at the Queen Elizabeth II Terminal, after a slight delay from running aground off the Isle of Wight…

Whilst fishing from the shore, spinning for Bass Chris Duff, has set a new Island record by catching a a 3lb 10oz rays bream off the Isle of Wight. The European federation of sea anglers records shows no records of any Rays Bream being caught, especially in the south of England in the last 30 years…

With only eight issues under its belt the Isle of Wight Gazette is looking for a new editor. Brian Dennis as Editor and former Editor of the Isle of Wight County Press, joined the Gazette for its summer launch but left the paper on Tuesday ‘by mutual consent’. The bi-weekly free tabloid is according to owner Martin Potter…

Following the successful positioning of the new stone clock face on Newport Minster’s tower last week, work to the clock’s mechanism is set to be completed along with the finishing touches to the paint work…

Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner, has this week raised questions in a special debate in the House of Commons of the difficulties faced by the six Island Councillors who are under investigation by the Standards Board for England…

Some 600 people came to find out more about renewable energy and fuel efficiency during October half term week. The Footprint Trust who organised the events, offered help to householders facing high energy bills through subsidized and free insulation schemes. Dozens of people are now signed up to get their homes insulated…