Like everybody on the Isle of Wight, we are hoping for a White Christmas. We didn't have one last Christmas, but the signs are good that the snow afflicting the mainland will reach us just in time for the festive season. Please note, this is not a...
Newby residents are filled with excitement about the annual Santa Claus Parade, which is to take place on December 15th. The organizers of the parade say that it will, indeed, be the BEST Santa Claus Parade in the history of the village. They d...
We caught up with Isle of Wight Council Leader David Pugh at the ground breaking of the new Cowes secondary school where he spoke candidly about how much he enjoys ribbon cutting. "It's a real pleasure to be part of any improvements here on the Is...
Isle of Wight residents are so excited about the upcoming Royal Wedding. They have started fundraising events in order to pay for two islanders to travel to Westminster Abbey to see the wedding up close and personal. The two MUST take many polaro...
OneWight champion MP, Andrew Turner, has once again put his hand towards supporting the Isle by putting forward an act to the House of Commons to give the Isle of Wight full status and privileges as an Island within the United Kingdom. Turner beli...
Anybody travelling around our fine island these days can't but be impressed by the prosperity to be seen to and from the big cities to the country and sea to shore. Long-time residents who used to have to walk to school and leave their studies at...
MP Andrew Turner was in Shanklin last week attending the opening of an expansion of Gepetto's, a manufacturing plant for painted concrete garden gnomes. Turner said he was pleased to attend and said that the expansion was keeping on track with his On...
The Wight Hotels and Tourism board (WHAT), are hoping that their latest initiative will help them get into the record books and prove a long standing urban myth. The urban myth in question is that the whole of the world's population could fit onto...
Peter Moore the Chairman of Tourism Development Planning has announced that one of the most prestigious institutions in the world, The Kookingheim, has announced that it will establish a new museum for the UK, on the Isle of Wight. Moore says this...
The chain link car ferry that connects Cowes to East Cowes is out of action, yet again. Severe weather on the island over the past few weeks has resulted in localised flooding around the chain link ferry connection points. This follows on from the...
It is the big Christmas Light switch on in Newport this weekend, and the Council have managed to get Sir Terry Wogan, 71, to press the button, illuminating the pedestrianised areas of Newport shopping centre. Over a thousand bulbs have been installed...
Hopeless Street chip-shop in Ventnor is the centre of a police investigation after a fire broke out there at 10:30pm Monday morning. Regular Isle of Wight News readers, and even some of those with constipation, will recall our recent survey to fin...
It is unbelievable, but it has happened again. Once more the island has been inundated with far too many garden gnomes. Islanders will remember the 1972 Garden Gnome surplus that saw three garden gnomes for every man woman and child on the island.
Ryde man, 35, GSOH, would like to meet woman 25-35, NS, for illicit affair. Secrecy guaranteed. Box 7. So read the ad that we ran three weeks ago. Kyle Lars got more than he bargained for when his ad was answered, and he arranged to meet up with t...
A Newport man has surprised friends and colleagues by allowing his facial hair to grow for several weeks. Simon Crimp, who works for a local sanitary supplies company, woke up one morning too late to have a shave before he left for the office.
Workers who struggled to work on the Isle of Wight yesterday despite the strike by London Underground staff were praised by a business chief. Colin Plastic, chairman of the island's Chamber of Commerce, said: "Our people are fantastic! "They ha...
A second strike by London Underground workers set to start on Sunday night is expected to bring chaos to thousands of commuters trying to get to work on Monday morning. But Isle of Wight businesses are determined it will be "business as usual."...
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