The innovative Park and Ryde Program has been cancelled. While introduced to great fanfare as a sustainable initiative to reduce traffic, the program has been plagued with confusion and inefficiencies from the start.
Residents seemed more than wil...
A TOWN mayor has said he is baffled by an Isle of Wight Council decision.
The Isle of Wight Council, which made the decision is sticking by the decision despite opposition from the Mayor.
Council spokeman Gordon Gillies says "It is the right of...
Isle of Wight residents are reminded to move their calendars forward tonight to 2013. Despite the annual spring reminder and widespread use of the Internet there are many hold outs to sharing the 2013 calendar across the island with many communities...
50,000 BC - Homo Sapiens are continuing their domination over Neanderthals this millennium as they have been over the last ten thousand years establishing a long term trend unprecedented in the Evolutionary League some would call a dynasty.
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The Isle of Wight will be rolling out new signage next year for the outskirts of all cities, towns and villages announcing the name of the community and population. All communities going forward will have a standardized format sign with the same font...
Residents of Newtown were treated to an unusual spectacle over the weekend as a series of unidentified flying objects were seen hovering over The Solent.
Longtime resident Emma Sandstrom, eighty-three of Dovercourt Crescent, says this was no ordin...
Rioting broke out this weekend late Saturday outside of Puckpool Gardens in Ryde. The riot began with local youths who are believed to have over indulged at the Puckpool Tea Garden after a long afternoon of mini-golf and Pétanque.
The two Ryde you...
The chamber maid from the Sofitel Hotel in Manhattan who accused Dominique Strauss-Khan of attempting to rape her is angry that Strauss-Kahn strode smiling from a Manhattan courtroom Friday after the judge in the attempted-rape case released him from...
Numerous sightings of what has been reported to be an other-worldly humanoid form creature have been reported in major centres on the Island over the past year including Newport, Cowes and Ryde, along with some sightings in Sandown and Wooton Bridge...
Mild mannered Burnley family man Alvin Topping 52 has come forward to local officials and turned himself in as the elusive Bigfoot alias the Sasquatch and Yeti.
Topping, an actuarial by trade and clean shaven, seems an unlikely candidate for Bigfo...
Ryde - The shocking explosion set off by what police believe was a suicide bomber in a local mattress factory has set off one of the largest manhunts in recent memory to track down and apprehend the villain.
News of the explosion has only surfaced...
Portsmouth - Constable Mike Millbury announced that they are on the lookout for a tatty raincoat and bowler hat approximately four foot two in height weighing three and one-half pounds, twelve to fifteen years years old, grey in colour but possibly a...
The annual Pommel Horse Polo match between Wooton and Cowes was held Sunday at Wooton Bridge with both teams struggling valiantly to hold out for a draw. Wooton captain Neil Harcourt said "While Cowes has more experience we have newer pommel horses s...
Ventnor - Public sentiment against David Pugh's Inaction Plan and possible implementation of government restraint measures has reached a fever pitch across the island with public skirmishes and demonstrations of show of force against the government t...
Plans by the ruling Conservative Group at County Hall, to axe the lifeguard service in Newport, have been branded as negligent by the Independent Group of Councillors whose members represent seaside wards all over the Island.
Average cost of one f...
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced he will send two fairies to Libya to help British citizens stranded abroad in Libya return home.
Sir Elton John said he has offered to fly to Tripoli to sing Candle in the Wind to those seeking to escape...
David Pugh has announce a new initiative that he hopes will help put Islanders to work while helping to eliminate government waste of taxpayer's dollars through needless government programs. Dubbed the "Inaction Plan", Pugh's initiative has been a lo...
Staving off criticism that his show is lagging in the ratings Piers Morgan did what former host Larry King never attempted last week by interviewing himself.
The show seemed to start strongly enough with Morgan listing his guest's accomplishments...