Following on from last year’s JPMAM Round the Island Race model boat building competition, a special training day was held at UKSA to re-launch the competition for 2010. Organised through the Isle of Wight Young Chamber, students get the chance to put their boat designing skills to the test…

Following the success of Red Hot Talent competition in 2009, Red Funnel have extended the deadline for entries into Red Hot Talent 2010. Instead of the initial deadline of 15th March, entrants now have until 17th March 2010, to submit a video of their act…

A group of friends from the Midlands have just enjoyed a free, pre-summer break on the Isle of Wight simply by requesting an official Isle of Wight accommodation guide. Neil Pinfield from Droitwich in Worcestershire, was contacted by the Isle of Wight Council’s tourism team to say that he had won the prize break after being chosen at random from thousands of others who had ordered a holiday guide from an advertisement placed in the Mail on Sunday…

There is less than a month to go until the 19th edition of the RORC Easter Challenge which will be held, as usual, in the Solent over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Royal Ocean Racing Club are delighted to welcome back Toe in the Water this Easter, the sailing initiative for injured servicemen and women will have at least two boats competing at the RORC Easter Challenge. The A40 will be skippered by round the world yachtsman, Brian Thompson, who is an ambassador for the initiative…

After a two year break, the Isle of Wight Rural Community Action Awards are back with the cash. The Awards aim to highlight and reward voluntary effort that seeks to improve community life on the Isle of Wight…

The Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year Exhibition returns to the Café Wall, at the Quay Arts on Thursday. IWPOY is the largest annual photographic competition on the Island and celebrates winners including all shortlisted entrants and the Go Wild On Wight winning entries…

Local hedgelayers took top places in the annual competition 2010. Overall winner, by a single point, was Rob Richards, who not only took the Open trophy for the first time but also retained the Hand Tools trophy…

We have all heard of Britain’s Got Talent now the search begins in a spin off, for talented people to come forward and enter a new competition just for the Isle of Wight…