News from the South Wight

The 'Whispering Ponies' project works with people with dementia and those who are socially isolated. As the only Isle of Wight project in the running for a grant in The People's Project, your vote is vital.

Two charities close to the heart of Ventnorian, Paul Berry, will be benefiting from his challenge to restore a rowing boat built over 50 years ago and row it around the Isle of Wight this summer.

A great attitude and determination from both teams as they played their final games of the season last weekend.

This Isle of Wight pre-school has been successful in retaining its 'Good' rating from Ofsted following an inspection last month.

Any Questions? will be giving Islanders an opportunity to put questions on the most stimulating moral, political and social issues of the day to leading politicians and people prominent in public life. OnTheWight has details of how to get your free tickets.

Isle of Wight motorcyclists donated 50 Easter eggs to St Catherine’s School in Ventnor as a treat for the students – all of whom have lifelong speech, language and communication needs.

In their last home game of the season, Ventnor looked to improve on their increasingly better performances in recent games and having lost the previous game by one point, victory was the next step.

The successful sell-out Wolverton Folk & Blues Fair returns for an eight year to the stunning grounds of Wolverton Manor, Shorwell.

A Crowdfunding campaign has been set up to help complete fencing to keep the vandals from driving over the youth pitches causing damage. This is the third time since Christmas the damage has been caused.

Traffic will be diverted whilst the road is made safe from falling chalk.

As well as winning Gold at the South East Asian Games in 2017, subject to his performance this summer, Lance Corporal John Marvin from Cowes (who trained in Ventnor) may also be asked to confirm his availability for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020,