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Blue Flag bonanza for Isle of Wight beaches

Ventnor Beach:

More Blue Flags have been awarded to the Isle of Wight's beaches compared to 2012.

  • ‘For sale signs’ to be removed from many IW council buildings

    OnTheWight understands that this will signal the start of the changes proposed by the Independents before the election.

  • Want to know how you can learn to play the Ukulele?

  • Could you let these men jump in your swimming pool?

  • Find out how to take part in charity cycle ride

More Top News

  • Free School pupils:

    Island Free School gets Government approval

  • Louise Morton:

    Islanders taking part in this year’s Round The Island Race

  • Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner launches new estates strategy

  • Dredger:

    Dredger runs aground off Isle of Wight (Updated)

  • Haydn Sewell:

    Haydn Sewell wins Junior Trophy at 2013 Volvo Gill Optimist Inland Championships

  • Ventnor town council to pursue negotiations over Coastal Centre

    Ventnor town council to pursue negotiations over Coastal Centre

  • Baby with measles:

    MMR reminder sent to parents

  • Discussing donations:

    Unprecedented demand leads to cry for help

  • Tax Credits:

    Watch out for tax credit claimants scam emails

  • Duncan Goodhew with swimmers:

    Duncan Goodhew presents young Islanders with swimming medals

  • Daisy Morris and Mary Case:

    Daisy to become Children’s Ambassador for the Isle of Wight

  • IW tax office closure: Public show opposition through petition

  • Collective Spirit:

    Round The Island Race: Collective Spirit reigns supreme

  • Glanville Fritillary:

    Do your bit during Save Our Butterflies Week

  • Robert Selby:

    Diary of a Youth MP: The advantages of Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

  • Fire & Rescue Services agree £83,000 settlement with FBU over TUPE breach

  • Shoppers donate over £500 to Fire Fighters Charity

  • Asphalt road

    Island Roads link poor standard of road repair to lack of asphalt plant

  • Dimbola tearoom makeover wins national award

  • The Hatching Film Poster

    Your chance to invest in British Film

Special Promotion

  • Chairs:

    Councillor vacancies at Ventnor Town Council

  • Confident, smiling woman

    Maggie Currie’s divorce coaching can help you become a more confident, happier woman

  • Firewood, well-dried: The secret of a blazing fire

  • Present ideas galore at Church Street Motorcycles

  • The Constant Doodler: Doodles unlike any you’ve seen before

  • aXcess Electric Bikes opens in Ventnor

  • How a Lasting Power of Attorney can help you

  • AXcess Electric Bikes: A great way to see the countryside (video)

    AXcess Electric Bikes: A great way to see the countryside (video)

  • A scooter is an amazingly low cost way to get around the Island

    A scooter is an amazingly low cost way to get around the Island

  • Make the Will Your Way

    Make the Will Your Way

What's On

  • ‘Shhh… it’s a library’ music tour continues

    ‘Shhh… it’s a library’ music tour continues

  • Ukuleles:

    Want to know how you can learn to play the Ukulele?

  • Quality live music at Acoustic Originals

    Quality live music at Acoustic Originals

  • Reasonate at Glee Club

    Charity concert brings variety of styles together

  • Bruce Bogtrotter

    Bring budding bakers to Bruce Bogtrotter Bake Sale

  • Dinosaur talk:

    Have your fossil finds identified by experts at Annual Bone Day

  • Flowers in garden:

    Arreton Village Gardens Open Day welcomes all

  • Bane poster:

    Joe Bone’s Bane trilogy heads to Quay Arts Centre

  • Shhh… it’s a library music tour

    Shhh… it’s a library music tour

  • Wolverton Manor Folk Festival:

    Wolverton Folk & Blues Fair just around the corner

Community

  • Lifeboat Lotto: Find out this week’s numbers

    Lifeboat Lotto: Find out this week’s numbers

  • Ventnor town council re-appoints Mayor following election

  • Explorer scouts raise money for Switzerland trip

  • Join the Friends of Ventnor Library at Saturday’s Open Day

  • Ventnor’s ‘Shop Local’ heroes recognised in Rotary awards

Green Issues

  • Glanville Fritillary:

    Do your bit during Save Our Butterflies Week

  • Island Roads link poor standard of road repair to lack of asphalt plant

  • Bardon Vectis receives asphalt plant planning approval

  • Vectis Wind Farm withdraw their planning appeal

  • Isle of Wight Fuels secures contract with Tesco

Isle of Wight Council

  • Ventnor Beach:

    Blue Flag bonanza for Isle of Wight beaches

  • ‘For sale signs’ to be removed from many IW council buildings

  • Diary of a Youth MP: The advantages of Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

  • Fire & Rescue Services agree £83,000 settlement with FBU over TUPE breach

  • Island Roads link poor standard of road repair to lack of asphalt plant

Letter to the Editor

  • Tariffs:

    Letter: Big Wight Switch or Big Wight Hype?

  • Letter: Parish council should take action over Newport Harbour

  • Letter: Open letter to Island Conservatives

  • Letter: Council tax freeze: Fact or fiction?

  • Letter: Cyclists in the New Forest facing serious confrontation

Opinion Piece

  • Apus Flock:

    Jonathan Dodd: How swiftly things can change

  • Daft Old Duffer: Artful

  • Jonathan Dodd: Cool for Cats

  • Jonathan Dodd: Travelling Hopefully

  • Daft Old Duffer: So, what’s going to change?

Sports

  • Louise Morton:

    Islanders taking part in this year’s Round The Island Race

  • Haydn Sewell wins Junior Trophy at 2013 Volvo Gill Optimist Inland Championships

  • Cricket: Ventnor edge past Lymington in New Forest thriller

  • Speedway: Islanders out for revenge

  • Duncan Goodhew presents young Islanders with swimming medals

The Arts

  • ‘Shhh… it’s a library’ music tour continues

    ‘Shhh… it’s a library’ music tour continues

  • Want to know how you can learn to play the Ukulele?

  • Could you let these men jump in your swimming pool?

  • Your chance to invest in British Film

  • Quality live music at Acoustic Originals

Travel

  • W-class ferry:

    High Court throws out legal appeal against ferry operations at Lymington

  • Hovertravel to run extra crossings for Walk The Wight

  • Red Funnel revise their timetable over next week

  • Fastcat back on schedule (UPDATED)

  • FastCat Captain announces Ryde gangway fallen into sea. Service disruption likely (UPDATED)

Picture of the Week archive

  • Milky Way over Ventnor

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Bluebells:

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Fog:

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Ploughing match:

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Petula Pendula's blossom:

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Gurnard grating:

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Surfer at Compton Bay

    Flickr Group Picture of the Week

  • Flickr Group Picture of the Week

Film reviews

  • Kid with a Bike

    Film Review: The Kid with a Bike

  • Film review: Singin’ in the Rain and The Artist

  • Film Review: Amour by Michael Haneke

  • Liam Madden’s Film Reviews: The Hunger Games

  • Film review: Hereafter, by Clint Eastwood

  • Liam Madden’s Film Reviews: Breakfast on Pluto

  • Double Bill: Dave and The American President

  • Film review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

  • Liam Madden’s Film Reviews: Wuthering Heights

  • Liam Madden’s Film Reviews: Hugo

Book reviews

  • Book review: Night Circus

  • Book review: Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

  • Book Review: A Redbird Christmas, by Fannie Flagg

  • Book review: The Man from Beijing, by Henning Mankell

  • Book Review: PS I Love You

  • Book Review: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett

  • Book Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of his Window and Disappeared

  • Book Review: The Hunger Games

    Book Review: The Hunger Games

  • Book Review: The Fear Index, by Robert Harris

    Book Review: The Fear Index, by Robert Harris

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