Island News

CELEBRATING AGE FESTIVAL 2017

Age Friendly Island’s second annual Celebrating Age Festival begins on International Older Persons Day- Sunday, 1st October. This Year’s Festival promotes the richness and diversity of the Isle of Wight’s communities with events to interest all Islanders. A programme listing all the activities is available at Libraries, Age UK IW Office, 147High Street, Newport and ... read more

New UKSA dinghy fleet.

Solent-based businesses have supported UKSA’s youth development programmes with the sponsorship of five new RS Quba dinghies. These dinghies have been sponsored by Spinlock, Wightfibre, Red Funnel and Barton Estate and were named by UKSA Ambassador Helena Lucas MBE and  blessed by the Reverend Andrew Poppe. All the dinghies will be used by children and ... read more

Girlguiding President-The Countess of Wessex- to visit IW

Photo taken at Osborne House on a previous Royal Visit. Her Royal Highness, The Countess of Wessex, (Girlguiding President) is to carry out a number of engagements on the Isle of Wight, when she visits on 13 September . The Countess  will visit Shanklin Chine to commemorate their 200th Anniversary, including viewing an art exhibition celebrating ... read more

THEYACHTMARKET.COM SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2017

New sponsors of the Southampton Boat Show TheYachtMarket.com are certainly planning, in partnership with British Marine, a variety of entertainment for this year’s show which will be open to the public, in Mayflower Park and on the water, from 15th September to 24th September. Visitors to the Show will find that after purchasing their entry ... read more

LITTLE BRITAIN 2017

The Little Britain Challenge Cup (LBCC), the construction and property industry’s number one sporting and social calendar event will bring hundreds of people to Shepards Wharf Marina in Cowes to sail, network and fund-raise on 15th and 16th September. Little Britain regularly attracts project teams celebrating success and companies looking to team-build and entertain key ... read more

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR CELEBRATING AGE AWARDS 2017.

Winners 2016. Following on from the past two successful years Island residents are being invited to recognise the achievements of local older people and celebrate their contribution to Island life, by nominating them for a Celebrating Age Award. Sponsored by the Wright Estate Agency and hosted by Age UK Isle of Wight, the Annual Celebrating ... read more

RED JET 7 TO BE BUILT ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Red Funnel has placed an order with Wight Shipyard Ltd in East Cowes for another 41 metre high-speed catamaran which will inject £7m into the Isle of Wight economy and secure 85 highly skilled jobs. This order for Red Jet 7 marks the first major investment in Red Funnel by the consortium of UK and ... read more

ASDA OPENS IN NEWPORT.

On 21st August the first Asda on the Island opened its doors to shoppers with the new store situated on St. George’s Way, Newport. Declaring the store open was Chairman of Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Lora Peacey-Wilcox, alongside the winners of Asda Newport’s Bag for Life competition and store colleagues. Councillor Peacey-Wilcox welcomed shoppers to the ... read more

2017-ROLEX FASTNET RACE.

Crews taking part in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race were gathering in Cowes during Lendy Cowes Week for the start of the 600+ mile race which departed from the RYS start line on Sunday 6th August. Prior to the race the 2,700 crew members were busy with final preparations including, for some, a Press Conference ... read more

CHATHAM AT COWES-Supporting Sponsors.

When events have sponsors I think that those companies putting something into an event should be supported. At this year’s Lendy Cowes Week there were several supporting sponsors adding that special something to this well- established sailing regatta. One of the supporting sponsors was Chatham. Having attended Cowes Week for five years Chatham (English Shoe ... read more