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Here’s your Isle of Wight events guide  for the rest of August 2025—highlighting exciting activities on the Island to look out for over...

Keep cool this summer with water, water, water. Sara Whatley has some suggestions for fun water activities for all ages...

After uncovering a coastal idyll by chance, Mandy and Grant McPherson have given the dated property a new lease of life...

Preserving and animating the heritage of Freshwater and Totland, Janet Haire from the West Wight Heritage Centre shares some insights into four of the fascinating characters that lived in the area...

Downsizing your home can be a significant and emotional transition, but it also presents an opportunity to simplify your life and improve your finances...

We’ve all said, “I’m stressed!”, but what does it really mean and how bad is it for you?

Your latest community news, achievements and feel-good stories...

Your guide to all the best new films & TV shows coming to screens in August FILM   The Naked Gun  (August 1)   For anyone familiar with...

Create year-round holiday vibes in your very own back garden with the addition of a super fun and relaxing swimming pool or hot tub...

Annabelle and husband Rob found the ideal cottage and created their perfect relaxing rural retreat...

From guiding people into the best apprenticeships to suit them, to helping employers find bright new employees, these are the best bits of HTP Apprenticeship College...

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Your guide to all the best new films and TV shows coming to UK screens this month...

This unique apartment has been transformed into a fresh, light and welcoming home, thanks to the vision and determination of its owner...

Ecologists have confirmed the return of one of Britain’s rarest mammals at Swanpond Copse Nature Reserve   Hampshire & Isle of Wight...

1,700 boats, 16,000 sailors, one objective. To circumnavigate the Isle of Wight in the Round the Island Race, a race for all. Sara Whatley talks to Race Director Dave Atkinson...

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For the first time in three decades, bears will live on the Isle of Wight again. It follows the rescue of two brothers who will begin a...

Your guide to all the best new films & TV shows coming this month... FILM   Ballerina  (June 7)   Sometime late in 2012, screenwriter...

Being 44 per cent Italian (according to one of those online DNA tests), I was shocked to discover recently that there is a popular 1970s...