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  • Find out full story at Carisbrooke

    From Matthew Parr-Burman, executive headteacher and head of Carisbrooke College: I HAVE always been very honest about how the school is progressing and being straightforward and to the point is one of my traits. So, if I am totally honest I have

  • Camera club 'faces' competition — find out who won

    WE ASKED Isle of Wight County Press Camera Club members to enter our first competition of 2020 — with the theme 'faces.' There were so many superb images submitted it was very difficult for County Press photographer Paul Blackley to pick out a

  • Fire crews called to smoke from faulty lift near Blackwater

    FIRE crews were called to an address near Blackwater this afternoon (Saturday) after smoke from a lift raised concerns. Crews from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to the property on Blackwater Hollow at 3.15pm. A spokesperson

  • Plants can help keep the memories alive

    OFTEN plants evoke powerful memories. I have an arbutus which was a spindly Woolworth’s special, planted well before my restored home began to bloom. It brings back thoughts of that great Ryde store and the early struggles of Water Tower restoration

  • Clergy cake code could sweeten proceedings

    I WROTE a few years back about how we Island dwellers have an all-too-apt reputation as miserable, whining tightwads. Today, I’ll leave the tightwaddery to one side and focus on the miserableness — a trope that seems to have taken root and grown

  • Isle of Wight grunge trio Killing Morton release new single

    ISLE OF WIGHT grunge trio, Killing Morton, have released their new single, Falsegods. The band's latest issue is a sub-three-minute rock track, inspired by alternative bands like Reuben and Metz, and is the first of several releases planned by the