News from the North Wight

Changing conditions out on the water made for challenging championships last week as the IRC European Championship and Commodore's Cup returned to Cowes.

Congratulations to all at Priory School who have worked hard to achieve this positive report from Ofsted.

This firm family favourite and has grown year on year to become one of Mountbatten’s best fundraisers. A full day of things to see and do, head to Barton Manor on Sunday 22nd July between 10am-4pm.

A brand-new annual festival of open-air picnic concerts celebrating the Isle of Wight's music, food, people and red squirrels comes to Northwood House this August. Book your tickets now to avoid disappointment.

The party bike comes to the Isle of Wight - although now modelled on a beach hut- the BoRo beach bike will offer tours along Ryde seafront from 22nd July.

With the Isle of Wight Festival opening its gates on Thursday 21st June, the council are getting the Floating Bridge to run at the times the old service used to - 5am, then into the wee hours.

The Head Teacher of the Studio School said the "constant references throughout the report to achieving our core values around helping to create confident business-ready young adults who are given the opportunity to succeed in a small, safe and caring community means a lot to us".

The Isle of Wight built Red Jet 7 entered the water for the first time yesterday (Wednesday). Allan Marsh was there to capture it.

The academy sponsor and Department for Education say the school is not viable because of a lack of capacity, but the local councillor believes it is just the latest casualty of under-funding from the Government.

Ofsted warned the Studio School could impact pupil numbers at Cowes Enterprise College (which lost pupils to the school), but Cllr Brading says the latest decision by CEC's sponsor was made before proposals to close the Studio School surfaced.

Later this week sees the start of IRC European Championship, which for the first time incorporates the Commodores’ Cup - the only team event in the world left for Corinthian sailors.