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If you have missed out on shows at Ventnor Fringe Festival there are still some to catch this afternoon and evening. Hig...
28/07/2024

If you have missed out on shows at Ventnor Fringe Festival there are still some to catch this afternoon and evening.

Highly recommend HOME at the Big Top at 6pm for an atmospheric, emotional rollercoaster and Kizza at Ingram’s Yard at 7.30pm this evening for laughs and silliness

📷⏳ Take an audio tour with artist Kathy Williams, so you can have the benefit of the artist telling you about the work a...
27/07/2024

📷⏳ Take an audio tour with artist Kathy Williams, so you can have the benefit of the artist telling you about the work as you look at it - the inspiration, how she created it, etc. 🎨

Take an audio tour with artist Kathy Williams, so you can have the benefit of the artist telling you about the work as you look at it - the inspiration, how she created it, etc.

🎭 Award-winning writer's comedy for a cause: 'Incurable Optimist' hits Trinity Theatre 😄👏
26/07/2024

🎭 Award-winning writer's comedy for a cause: 'Incurable Optimist' hits Trinity Theatre 😄👏

Award-winning writer's comedy for a cause: 'Incurable Optimist' hits Trinity Theatre

🌺 Isle of Wight Ambulance Station's tranquil garden awarded for the second year at Wight in Bloom competition 🌼
26/07/2024

🌺 Isle of Wight Ambulance Station's tranquil garden awarded for the second year at Wight in Bloom competition 🌼

Isle of Wight Ambulance Station's tranquil garden awarded for the second year

🏖️ Ryde Beach opens up with new accessibility features for improved inclusivity 👐
26/07/2024

🏖️ Ryde Beach opens up with new accessibility features for improved inclusivity 👐

Ryde Beach opens up with new accessibility features for improved inclusivity

🦀 Explore Fort Victoria with the ranger for rock pooling and fossil hunting 🏖️
26/07/2024

🦀 Explore Fort Victoria with the ranger for rock pooling and fossil hunting 🏖️

Explore Fort Victoria with the ranger for rock pooling and fossil hunting

🚌📚 Isle of Wight students celebrate as school bus library receives much-needed upgrades 🎉👧👦
26/07/2024

🚌📚 Isle of Wight students celebrate as school bus library receives much-needed upgrades 🎉👧👦

Isle of Wight students celebrate as school bus library receives much-needed upgrades

🏆🎭 Cowes' Trinity Theatre receives national praise for its Ibsen production 🎉💐
25/07/2024

🏆🎭 Cowes' Trinity Theatre receives national praise for its Ibsen production 🎉💐

Cowes' Trinity Theatre receives national praise for its Ibsen production

🎭✨ This Saturday and Sunday ... Talented young actors to enact Pinocchio at Ventnor Fringe Festival with a dark twist 🤥🎶
25/07/2024

🎭✨ This Saturday and Sunday ... Talented young actors to enact Pinocchio at Ventnor Fringe Festival with a dark twist 🤥🎶

Talented young actors to enact Pinocchio at Ventnor Fringe with a dark twist

🥫🚢 Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferry initiates a can drive with Isle of Wight foodbank during Cowes Week 🎉🛳️
25/07/2024

🥫🚢 Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferry initiates a can drive with Isle of Wight foodbank during Cowes Week 🎉🛳️

Red Funnel initiates a can drive with Isle of Wight Foodbank during Cowes Week

🌊⛵ Ambitious teen sets sail solo around the Island to support RNLI and marine conservation efforts. Show your support if...
25/07/2024

🌊⛵ Ambitious teen sets sail solo around the Island to support RNLI and marine conservation efforts. Show your support if you can 🐠👏

RNLI | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Ambitious teen sets sail solo around the Island to support RNLI and marine conservation efforts. Show your support if you can

🚤⚠️ MAIB report highlights poor planning in Channel Queen grounding off the Isle of Wight last summer 🛥️🗺️
25/07/2024

🚤⚠️ MAIB report highlights poor planning in Channel Queen grounding off the Isle of Wight last summer 🛥️🗺️

MAIB report highlights poor planning in Channel Queen grounding off the Isle of Wight last summer

📚💻 Old laptops, new beginnings! Isle of Wight Council's tech will now help educate thousands overseas 👏🌱
25/07/2024

📚💻 Old laptops, new beginnings! Isle of Wight Council's tech will now help educate thousands overseas 👏🌱

Isle of Wight council's old tech finds new purpose in global digital literacy efforts

📸 Last few days to catch Ventnor Fringe Festival's art_house_life exhibition; FREE interactive events and live performan...
25/07/2024

📸 Last few days to catch Ventnor Fringe Festival's art_house_life exhibition; FREE interactive events and live performances scheduled 🎟️

Last few days to catch Ventnor Fringe's art_house_life exhibition; interactive events and live performances scheduled

🏠✊ Developer responds to Bembridge housing protests with a pledge for affordable homes 🗣️🏘️
24/07/2024

🏠✊ Developer responds to Bembridge housing protests with a pledge for affordable homes 🗣️🏘️

Developer responds to Bembridge housing protests with a pledge for affordable homes

🚨 Isle of Wight Meat Company recalls Biltong products; FSA cites safety concerns📸 Photograph packet and email from refun...
24/07/2024

🚨 Isle of Wight Meat Company recalls Biltong products; FSA cites safety concerns

📸 Photograph packet and email from refund 💷

Isle of Wight Meat Company recalls Biltong products; FSA cites safety concerns

🌈 Isle Of Wight Pride wraps up successfully with plans for 2025 return 🥳
24/07/2024

🌈 Isle Of Wight Pride wraps up successfully with plans for 2025 return 🥳

Isle of Wight Pride wraps up successfully with plans for 2025 return

🏊‍♀️🚑 1Leisure Medina staff honoured for saving swimmer from cardiac arrest at the pool ⏱️🦸
24/07/2024

🏊‍♀️🚑 1Leisure Medina staff honoured for saving swimmer from cardiac arrest at the pool ⏱️🦸

1Leisure Medina staff honoured for saving swimmer from cardiac arrest at the pool

🌟 It will cost you less than £10 per month and you could win up to £5,000, all while supporting our inshore lifeboat cre...
24/07/2024

🌟 It will cost you less than £10 per month and you could win up to £5,000, all while supporting our inshore lifeboat crews 🌟

It will cost you less than £10 per month and you could win up to £5,000, all while supporting our inshore lifeboat crews

🚌🚄 Isle of Wight transport leaders ready to engage at IWBRUG public forum this Saturday 🚍🚆
24/07/2024

🚌🚄 Isle of Wight transport leaders ready to engage at IWBRUG public forum this Saturday 🚍🚆

Isle of Wight transport leaders ready to engage at IWBRUG public forum this Saturday

🚧👷 Photos show extent of rockface work on lower Gills Cliff Road 🏗️🛣️
24/07/2024

🚧👷 Photos show extent of rockface work on lower Gills Cliff Road 🏗️🛣️

Isle of Wight council announces final stages of Lower Gills Cliff Road repair

🕒 Joe Robertson - Isle of Wight East writes to Secretary of State for Transport seeking transport reforms to tackle Isle...
24/07/2024

🕒 Joe Robertson - Isle of Wight East writes to Secretary of State for Transport seeking transport reforms to tackle Isle of Wight ferry challenges 🚢

Joe Robertson MP seeks transport reforms, tackling Isle of Wight ferry challenges

🤝 Isle of Wight food initiative gets £20,000 boost to support vulnerable residents 👫
24/07/2024

🤝 Isle of Wight food initiative gets £20,000 boost to support vulnerable residents 👫

Isle of Wight food initiative gets £20,000 boost to support vulnerable residents

🚧 Major Autumn project to replace Yarmouth Bridge deck planned, lasting eight weeks 🌉
24/07/2024

🚧 Major Autumn project to replace Yarmouth Bridge deck planned, lasting eight weeks 🌉

Major Autumn project to replace Yarmouth Bridge deck planned, lasting eight weeks

🎨🖌️ art_house_life showcasing artistic expressions tackling modern reality at Ventnor Fringe Festival ✨Book your FREE ti...
23/07/2024

🎨🖌️ art_house_life showcasing artistic expressions tackling modern reality at Ventnor Fringe Festival ✨

Book your FREE tickets now 🎟️

art_house_life showcasing artistic expressions tackling modern reality at Ventnor Fringe Festival

💼🔍 This reader condemns Labour's inaction on fraud, with proposed reforms for societal inequalities 📈⚖
23/07/2024

💼🔍 This reader condemns Labour's inaction on fraud, with proposed reforms for societal inequalities 📈⚖

This reader condemns Labour's inaction on fraud, with proposed reforms for societal inequalities

🌟 Cowes Enterprise College students rewarded for wellbeing initiatives in the project 🎉
23/07/2024

🌟 Cowes Enterprise College students rewarded for wellbeing initiatives in the project 🎉

Cowes Enterprise College awarded for student-led wellbeing initiatives in the BeeWell project

🔌🚗 Isle of Wight's Going Electric 2024 event showcases the latest sustainable technologies this Sunday at Newport Quaysi...
23/07/2024

🔌🚗 Isle of Wight's Going Electric 2024 event showcases the latest sustainable technologies this Sunday at Newport Quayside 🚴‍♂️💡

Isle of Wight's Going Electric 2024 event showcases the latest sustainable technologies

📉📊 Unemployment benefit and universal credit claims drop on the Isle of Wight as the tourist season is underway 💪🌱
23/07/2024

📉📊 Unemployment benefit and universal credit claims drop on the Isle of Wight as the tourist season is underway 💪🌱

Unemployment benefit and universal credit claims drop on the Isle of Wight as the tourist season is underway

🌿✨ Fourteen businesses back new Business Pledge for environmental stewardship in South region🌱💼
23/07/2024

🌿✨ Fourteen businesses back new Business Pledge for environmental stewardship in South region🌱💼

Fourteen businesses back new Business Pledge for environmental stewardship in South region

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Joe Robertson is declared MP for Isle of Wight East. Hear his priorities. See full results for East Wight here: https://onthewight.com/isle-of-wight-east-goes-to-joe-robertson-conservative/ Excuse shaky hand etc (we’d be up for almost 24 hours by this time).

Richard Quigley - The first Labour MP for the Isle of Wight - chats to OnTheWight about his historic victory and what his first priorities in government will be See the full figures here: https://onthewight.com/bob-seely-out-west-wight-turns-red-with-labour-win/

Bonchurch Landslip by Smugglers Haven Tea Rooms
Bonchurch Landslip by Smugglers Haven Tea Rooms

There's an eerie silence in Bonchurch, with just the distant sound of trees cracking. A helpline has been set up for residents affected: https://onthewight.com/isle-of-wight-council-sets-up-helpline-for-bonchurch-landslip-victims/

Culver cliff fall captured by Martin Cottle
Culver cliff fall captured by Martin Cottle

You may have seen the photos earlier today, but here's footage of the cliff fall at Culver as it happened on Sunday - Spot what looks like a close shave for the dog walker Thanks to Martin Cottle, who was visiting from the New Forest with his wife Alison, and dog Lucky (they were all at a safe distance) for sharing

Amazing display of hats in the Sandown Carnival Grand Regatta Hat Parade Well done to everyone who took part 👏🎉🥳

Busking with a difference ...
Busking with a difference ...

This is Juri (on the handpan) and Thorne (on the Cyr wheel) busking in Cowes yesterday (not the best quality but you get the idea) Thorne will be back in two weeks for Ventnor Fringe Festival performing in international award winning smash hit Bromance - a five star circus about camaraderie and affection, where handshakes become handstands and backslaps become backflips

Hercules flypast in Ventnor
Hercules flypast in Ventnor

Great to see the three retiring Royal Air Force Hercules doing a flypast Ventnor, Isle of Wight this afternoon

More than 100 people turned out for the Paddle Out Protest in Ryde - campaigning for cleaner seas and rivers

Packed house at Ventnor Exchange for Jay Eatwell on Record Store Day

Luccombe landslide
Luccombe landslide

Cllr Karl Love shares this video with News OnTheWight of the landslide at George Gardiner's home in Luccombe. He is urging people without training or safety equipment to stay away from the site Read more: https://onthewight.com/82-year-old-luccombe-resident-refuses-to-leave-home-despite-five-foot-drop-caused-by-landslide/

Crazy river flow down at Quay Arts today

Our thanks to Margaret Smith from Twilight Wight Photography for sharing this drone video shot on St Boniface Down on Sunday afternoon

Mr Baker’s Dozen having a jig around at Ventnor’s Community Christmas Day

Crazy rain on Ventnor Cascade lifts manhole cover and floods the paddling pool
Crazy rain on Ventnor Cascade lifts manhole cover and floods the paddling pool

Crikey, the Met Office predicted torrential rain and that's what came today. Captured this footage on Ventnor Cascade on the way home from an afternoon stroll (in the torrential rain 😅) See pics and more here: https://onthewight.com/watch-torrential-rain-lifts-manhole-cover-on-ventnor-cascade-and-floods-the-paddling-pool/

The Terrace, Ventnor: First look inside this impressive transformation
The Terrace, Ventnor: First look inside this impressive transformation

We take a look inside The Terrace Rooms, Ventnor following the recent transformation. See our article for photo gallery and more videos https://onthewight.com/the-terrace-rooms-ventnor-first-look-inside-this-impressive-transformation-photo-gallery/

Sunny chilled vibes down at the Big Top bar at Flowers Brook for Ventnor Fringe On the clifftop, by the sea, with beats by Cooly Haste How can you resist?

News OnTheWight's Exclusive look inside Ventnor's Gaiety after the fire
News OnTheWight's Exclusive look inside Ventnor's Gaiety after the fire

News OnTheWight was invited exclusively to film and photograph from inside the site of the fire that ripped through the former Amusement Arcade See the photo galleries here: https://onthewight.com/exclusive-look-inside-the-gaiety-following-eight-hour-blaze-on-ventnors-seafront-video-and-photo-galleries/

Gaiety fire - the morning after
Gaiety fire - the morning after

We take a look at what's left on site after the ferocious fire took hold last night See photo galleries within the article: https://onthewight.com/remnants-of-the-gaiety-amusement-arcade-the-morning-after-ferocious-blazephoto-galleries/

Fire at the Gaiety is growing in intensity as wind whips up the flames
Fire at the Gaiety is growing in intensity as wind whips up the flames

Fire crews are working hard to tackle the fire at the former Gaiety Amusement Arcade See photos and updates here: https://onthewight.com/fire-breaks-out-in-former-amusement-arcade-on-ventnors-seafront/

Fire breaks out at former Gaiety Amusements arcade
Fire breaks out at former Gaiety Amusements arcade

Fire crews are in attendance after a fire broke out in the part-demolished Gaiety Amusements arcade on Ventnor's seafront See the article for more information: https://onthewight.com/fire-breaks-out-in-former-amusement-arcade-on-ventnors-seafront/

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