An Isle of Wight brass band is celebrating a £5,000 grant for new uniforms. The 27 musicians of Cowes Concert band will be kitted out in traditional-style jackets thanks to the award from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation, an independent charitable trust…
The winner of a design competition for the Isle of Wight’s 2011 Island Games logo is travelling to London today to meet Lord Coe, Chairman of LOCOG, the London 2012 organising committee. The trip also provides an opportunity for the 2011 Island Games team to develop further links with the 2012 management team and highlight the progress made to date…
A list of candidates have been published for this year’s elections to the Isle of Wight Youth Council and the Isle of Wight’s member of the UK Youth Parliament. There are 24 seats available on the Youth Council, with places split into four areas of the Isle of Wight…
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…
If you live in Cowes or Northwood why not become a Gnome? If you enjoy gardening and know your dahlias from your daisies then this could be an opportunity for you.
Northwood Community Partnership are looking for individuals to join the ‘Northwood Gnomes’, a group of local people who maintain the flower beds and planters in [...]
Online News from the BBC: A 93-year-old World War II veteran from the Isle of Wight, has completed a parachute jump to raise £1,000 for the Royal British Legion Welfare Fund. Jim Long, from Brighstone…
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…
This year the Royal British Legion mark ninety years of remembrance 1918-2008, far from being erased from our memories the two minute silence is as relevant as ever. There are many memorials across the Isle of Wight where those wishing to pay a private tribute can visit…
