As Calbourne Mill pledges to open its cafe and adventure golf over the summer, after an auction of its historic items on May 4 and following its pit wheel breaking, we look back at its historic past. In 2002, Colin Fairweather and I recorded an
An annual charity walk in aid of Retina UK returns to the Isle of Wight today (Sunday, April 28). Raising money for those affected by sight loss and blindness, Hope for Seaview is an annual five-mile walk organised by IW group volunteers Colin
120 years ago, in April, 1904: A bullock with a sweet tooth, being herded with others up Ventnor High Street, decided to pay a visit to a confectionery shop. Staff in Roffs fled to a back room and watched as the bull had a sniff around, turned
THE Isle of Wight's first major chess event, the Wightlink Isle of Wight Chess Congress, was a sell-out — attracting 72 players and described by organisers as a resounding success. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE PHOTOS The recent three-day event, hosted
It's almost a year to the day that the government introduced legislation requiring voters to show certain sanctioned types of photo identification when voting in person. This Conservative party manifesto promise was designed to combat almost non-existent
THE 'Gallybaggers' will be back looking as creative as ever when the biannual Gatcombe and Chillerton Scarecrow Festival returns next month. As ever, there is sure to be another eye-catching and characterful display of scarecrows — known colloquially
