A woman from the normally sedate village of Godshill on the Island has caused much upset and 'gnashing of teeth' according to the local Parish Council by the decision of local resident Emily Spurt to paint her front-door a vivid shade of green. E...
Members of Newby Women's Institute, Isle of Wight, have come up with a wonderful idea which they are putting into practice for the first time next Saturday. Tired of finding single socks in their washing machines and dryers, not knowing what to d...
Arthur Askme, still mayor of Newby village, is up in arms today as the village's snow shovel has disappeared. Village policeman, Constable Copper, held a press conference this morning. The snow shovel has a wide, orange, reinforced plastic blade...
With headlines ablaze over the fantastical transfer figures being bandied about this week, Sports Frustrated decided to seek out the U.K's lowest priced footballer. Fernando Torres, once trusted and revered Liverpool team member, now just a big tu...
People living in Newby on the Isle of Wight are getting cable TV at last. Newby Mayor, Asthur Askme, told reporters, "Villagers are so excited as they will now be able to talk 'trash' with people on the mainland and understand 'trash'. Up until...
Residents of Newby Village, Isle of Wight, are mid-way through planning street parties to celebrate the Royal Wedding. They propose to organize four large parties for residents,which will take place on Main Street I, Main Street II, Main Street II...
A time capsule was recovered in a field in Wootton last week, and an opening ceremony was held at the Woodside Bay Caravan Park on Saturday. City of Ryde officials were on hand to open the time capsule showing a date of 1969. Since 1969 was one of...
Villagers living in Newby, Isle of Wight, awoke to a disturbing sight this morning. Lawns throughout the village are covered with millions of dead garden worms. Not an inch of green grass can be seen. Even the 'early birds' were not coming down...
Hollywood megastars, Rob Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart are looking to set up home together on the Isle of Wight. Reports from Sandown Estate Agents owner Juliette Horby indicate that they are looking at Whitecliff Bay. "The couple were in our S...
Newby village's newest mayor, Arthur Askme, has announced that the village is planning a Snow Aid fundraiser in order to help all villagers who were traumatized and institutionalized as a result of the whopping 2 cm snowfall this week. Many reside...
The residents of Newby, Isle of Wight, are busy digging themselves out of the largest snowfall that has hit the village in over 12 months. Residents were shocked to wake up this morning to be met with a whopping 2 cm. of snow which had fallen duri...
Council Leader David Pugh was on hand today at Isle of Wight College for the grand announcement of a new "IT Guy" course. Pugh said "This is the first step for the island to diversify from a tourism based economy to become known as a technological...
Traffic on the Isle of Wight was thrown into chaos yesterday when a road was unexpectedly blocked. Said eye-witness Fred Thropwheedle: "It came completely out of the blue. "I was just cycling along minding my own business - it was a lovely day...
For the first time since we went on-line the Isle of Wight News will not be publishing news tomorrow. We are afraid we got a little ahead of ourselves last week outing the story of massive job losses at the Isle of Wight Council at County Hall no...
Identity Theft seems like a problem of the computer age but more and more non-computer users seem to be targeted. The elderly in particular are increasingly reporting becoming victims of this new crime. Marjorie Stevens of 10 Bettsworth Cresent ha...
Following the recent interview of Council Leader David Pugh by Spoof journalist Victor Nicholas where Pugh is quoted to have said, " Elevating the importance of ribbon cutting is something that he hopes to fight for in the future.", Pugh has been...
A new secondary colour has been discovered by Professor Harold Boggoff, a long time resident of Newby, Isle of Wight. When interviewed he said: "Well I was in my lab., by which I obviously mean 'laboratory', when it happened. I was dissecting...
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