Vectis Radio has paid tribute to its listeners, supporters and Tesco customers, after a book sale at the supermarket raised almost £400. The community radio station, which needs funds to maintain and develop its 4Ps radio school for disadvantaged
IF you are spring cleaning this bank holiday weekend, here are the IW Council's top tips for using Lynbottom Tip. • Think before you throw as some items you are disposing of could go to a charity shop or be reused. • Did you know the council
POLICE have named the woman killed in yesterday's fatal bus crash on Forest Road. Yvonne Copland, 64, of Shide, Newport, died following the collision on Forest Road yesterday afternoon (Sunday). Yvonne’s family have released a tribute. “Much
A POPULAR playground in Ventnor has been virtually stripped bare by the Isle of Wight Council, prompting outrage from families. North Street Playground, which is nestled in among a residential area, had the swings removed last week. It has already
From Molly Atrrill, Niton: The shameful Brexit chaos would not have happened if the Leavers had actually had a plan at the outset, but after narrowly winning the 2016 referendum any rational debate was drowned out by their raucous cries of betrayal
A SAILOR has been hospitalised following a late night rescue on the Solent. The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were called out just after 11pm last night (Sunday) to assist the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service extricate a casualty from a sailing
SANDOWN Road, Shanklin, has been closed for emergency carriageway repairs. The road, from its junction with Alresford Road to Winchester House car park, for a distance of 166 metres, has been closed. Diversions are signposted locally.
A TALENTED eight-year-old skateboarder and horse-rider feature on this year's Isle of Wight Council Talented Athlete Scheme. A group of 74 athletes, aged from eight to 80 and representing 21 sports, has qualified for the scheme which provides support
FOLLOWING the fatal bus crash on Forest Road yesterday (Sunday), a petition has been launched to install traffic lights at the site of the crash. The crash, involving two cars and a bus, took place at the cross roads with Betty Haunt Lane and Whitehouse
IT WAS not a pretty sight when the cast of First Act's Monster Mash Up came on stage at Shanklin Theatre. It was all intentional, of course. With characters like Dracula, Wolfrid, Count Boris and Vampirella, it got off to a fangtastic start, if
BREXIT Day 2.0 is upon us, which means at 11pm, nothing whatsoever will happen because politicians — unless they tear up the form book in spectacular fashion — will once again have done what they do best, and kicked the can down the road. I
