Featured News

String In The Tale Of Island Maritime Archaeology

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Carolyn Keene | Category: Featured News, History, Isle of Wight, Lead, News, Online News

Maritime Archaeologists are in the news again, as they add a piece of string thought to be 8,000 years old, to their finds from the Stone Age settlement off the Isle of Wight…



IW Council Refuse Collection and Recycling Changes

Dec 6th, 2008 | By Island Pulse | Category: Christmas, Community, Council, Environment, Featured News, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, News

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…



Wight Christmas Virtually Mapped

Dec 5th, 2008 | By Amanda Johnson | Category: Advertising, Christmas, Featured News, Island Views, Isle of Wight, News, Online News, People

Community spirited Islander, Christian Beasley has all of the Isle of Wight Christmas Lights mapped out on video, or he intends to? view the featured videos…



IW Youth Council Election Results

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Council, Elections, Featured News, Isle of Wight, Lead, News, Youth

Following a record number of candidates and votes, the results of the 2008/09 Isle of Wight Youth Council and Isle of Wight Member of the UK Youth Parliament are announced…



Onshore Wife Home Alone

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Carolyn Keene | Category: Citizen Media, Featured News, Isle of Wight, News, Online News, People, Sailing, Writing

Last month the Vendée Globe began and adventurous sailors headed out towards the three great capes. As far as the rest of the story is concerned, it’s up to the sailors themselves now or is it? Nathalie Thompson has been left home alone as an onshore wife on the Isle of Wight…



Isle of Wight Council PR Net Gold Award

Dec 1st, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Awards, Campaign, Citizen Media, Council, Education, Featured News, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, Media, News

A Gold Award for PR and Communications has been won by the Isle of Wight Council for a recent Road Safety Campaign. The campaign in speed awareness and safer driving was praised by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations…



Ventnor TV Are Looking For A Jingle

Dec 1st, 2008 | By Louis Lawrence | Category: Advertising, Featured News, Island Views, Isle of Wight, Lead, Lifestyle, Media, Music, News, On TV, People

Ventnor News Extra a new VENTNOR TV website intends to air in January 2009, and as its jingle time the co-operative enterprise are now hunting for an intro launch jingle…



Totland Pier For Sale

Nov 28th, 2008 | By Citizen Media | Category: Advertising, Citizen Media, Environment, Featured News, History, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News

Totland Pier on the Isle of Wight which opened in the summer of 1880, is up for sale and will be auctioned off in London on Monday, 8th December. The successful bidder will not only purchase the historic 88 ft long Pier: View video interview…