Island News

I W Festival 2015- Tickets Now On Sale.

Be one of the first to get tickets for the first festival of the summer with the Isle of Wight Festival’s early bird ticket sale. Despite the wintery weather, the Festival organisers are already thinking about next summer and are excited to announce that a limited number of early bird tickets for the Isle of ... read more

‘YOUR FUTURE’ – CAREERS AND JOBS FAIR

‘ Your Future’, a major careers and jobs fair, is being staged at the Isle of Wight College, Newport on Thursday 30 October, to give key advice to Island residents aged from 14 upwards including adults. This event, commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council, will be attended by more than 45 employers, including leading ... read more

IW COUNCIL LAUNCHES ONLINE BUDGET SURVEY

Island residents are being encouraged to help shape the council’s spending and priorities for the year ahead – by taking part in an online budget survey launched on the iwight.com website. The survey – which can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/budget_engagement– is among a series of consultation exercises being undertaken by the council as it prepares ... read more

ORGANISATIONS SOUGHT TO PROVIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN SANDOWN.

Organisations are being invited to bid for funding of £15,500 to provide youth activities in Sandown as part of the Isle of Wight Council’s new youth offer. This funding, which is to cover a two and half year period until 31 March 2017, must be used to provide activities for 11 to 19 year olds ... read more

LISA’S ISLAND DECADE.

Since moving from London to the Isle of Wight in late 2003, British abstract artist Lisa Traxler has produced an imposing body of work in a series of venues on the Island. This work has been exhibited both on the Island and around the world including London and Hong Kong. In 2012 Lisa’s exhibition ‘Lives ... read more

ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL NOMINATED FOR AWARD.

Following on from the success of this year’s Isle of Wight Festival held at Seaclose Park back in June the Festival has been nominated for awards at this year’s   UK Festival Awards. The organisng team has sent the following: VOTE FOR US! It’s that time of year again and we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve ... read more

UP-GRADE FOR RED OSPREY.

Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferries is to invest £2.2million in a major refurbishment of the interior of a second ro-pax ferry, MV Red Osprey which operates on the Southampton and East Cowes route. This investment follows a record breaking year for the company with traffic levels up 15% over the main summer holiday period ... read more

AWARD FOR VENTNOR PARK.

Historic Ventnor Park which dates from the 19th century has been awarded the Park of the Year Award at the South and South East England in Bloom Awards. It is the first time one of the Isle of Wight Council’s parks has been named park of the year at the prestigious awards ceremony, which this ... read more

DUKE OF KENT AT CARISBROOKE.

Carisbrooke Castle played host to HRH The Duke of Kent during his recent visit to the Island. He was accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of the IW, Martin White, who introduced the Royal visitor to Judi Griffin, Chair of Carisbrooke Castle Museum Trustees and Girlguiding IW Ambassador. There was much history for the Duke to ... read more

PHOENIX STEALS THE SHOW.

A tall ship took centre stage for the official opening of this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show when it sailed into the Mayflower Park Marina. ‘Phoenix’ which is 112 feet long took the role of ‘Sophie’ in the TV series ‘Hornblower’. It is a replica two masted brig. For the opening ceremony she conveyed TV ... read more