Island News

‘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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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PSP SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2014

Isle of Wight based charity The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is to be presented with a cheque for the charity on one of the exhibitor’s stands at this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show.  On the first day of the show Ocean Safety have arranged a cheque presentation on their stand

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