If you've been looking forward to hurtling down Ryde's Union Street this summer on the water slide, you'll have to find another way to do it as the Ryde Slide is taking a year off.
It's taken three years to reach the point to being awarded Full Museum Accreditation status by the Arts Council and the chairman of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway says it's an enormous achievement for the whole Island.
First they brought us Mermaid Gin, then Sea Salt Vodka, then Navy-strength rum, now Isle of Wight Distillery announce their oak-aged Isle of Wight whisky.
Happy Anniversary to all at Goddards who are celebrating 25 years in the business. As part of the celebration, the brewery are bringing back their old favourite.
The Wightlink Ryde Slide is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the summer on the Isle of Wight and returns to Union Street the day after Isle of Wight Pride.
Born and brought up on the Isle of Wight, Gioia Minghella-Giddens says being given the role of High Sheriff for the Isle of Wight is "an amazing honour for me and my whole family".
Just four years after being judged as ‘inadequate’, the lowest grade, inspectors now acknowledge that leaders at the school ‘demonstrate an absolute belief that all pupils deserve the very best’.
Isle of Wight Distillery has picked up not only Best in Category for their Navy Strength Gin, but two other awards at the American Distilling Institute (ADI) Spirit Awards in Baltimore, USA.