The organisers of Raffle My Bricks are pleased to announce Douglas Thrower, was the lucky winner of the £1000 bonus mini draw. Douglas of Stevenage, saw the competition to Win a House on the Isle of Wight advertised, when he visited the Island on holiday, and thought he liked the Island so much he bought the £25 raffle ticket before the deadline…

Isle of Wight Photographers, have swept the board in making the shortlist of the annual Co-operative Travel Big Picture Photography Competition 2008. Out of the hundreds of entries submitted, we can reveal there quite a few photographs from Island Photographers of their travels at home and abroad. The competition organisers have opened up the voting process to the Island public, the deadline is tight as voting ends on 17th October 2008…

If your past Christmases have been ruined by the turkey not turning up on time, the must have gadget that’s dead on arrival, or the jumper that’s four sizes too big, Consumer Direct is asking people to share their experiences, online as part of National Consumer Week…

Get ready to boo, hiss and cheer your panto heroes and villains, as the award winning Ventnor Theatre Group brings a fresh, new story to the Isle of Wight for the very first time…

It’s Red Squirrel Week across the UK and we have dug into our Red Squirrel archives to bring the cute little nutbag out for another run. The Isle of Wight is celebrating the red fluffy native by having a dedicated squirrel walk which takes place today 8th October at Newnham Farm at 9.30am…

The Quay Arts Annual Open Exhibition is now on in the Michael West Gallery until Saturday 15th November. Submissions have been received from Northern England to the South West as well as many from the Isle of Wight; allowing Quay Arts to reach out and expand its annual Open Exhibition year after year.
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The band that shook the world in 1964, not least on their first visit to the Island last year, are back and bringing with them another musical package of delight to the Isle of Wight. The Animals & Friends with Special Guests Herman’s Hermits, having toured extensively together, are promising a fantastic night of pop and R&B at Ventnor Winter Gardens…

Isle of Wight printers Crossprint, has secured the deal to print GreenWise, the new quarterly magazine from The Sixty Mile Publishing Company.
The A4 full-colour B2B title, which will launch in March 2009, aims to inform readers about the latest ‘green’ developments affecting business. 
There will also be information on topics including funding and regulation. The initial circulation [...]