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Afton Road has been closed by police following a single vehicle collision.
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Spare paint of any colour, plyboard and zip ties are needed to help decorate and make the site safe for the very first One Life Festival next month. Can you help?
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Taking place on 2nd June between 11am – 3pm, this initiative by Totland Parish Council aims to help combat plastic pollution.
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We all love our beautiful Isle of Wight countryside, but those who protect and manage it need our support in order to do that. Fundraising events such as this are vital to the success of their year-round work.
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The choir will perform two contrasting works: the Gloria by 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, known as the “Great Mass” and welcomes renowned composer and conductor, Jonathan Willcocks.
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Inventing a new way of working with the 19th century wet-collodion process, fine art photographer Honza Sakar, has created an emotionally charged collection of portraits that resonate as artworks. See it at Dimbola from 26th May.
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The Dance Company recently took part in a project to bring together people from all walks of life and from all around the world through dance. Captured on film by Paul Windridge.
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For their next major fundraiser, Isle of Wight charity Gift to Nature will be taking over Golden Hill Fort Country Park to host on a live music event at the end of May, just a stone’s throw away from the legendary 1970 Isle of Wight Festival site. Book your tickets for the whole family now!
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Old food debris on chopping board for uncooked fish and black puddings nearly two weeks past their ‘use by’ date were just two of the failures that led to a food hygiene rating of 1 for The George.
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You might not realise it, but meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker is also a great artist. On Monday evening he'll be exploring Dimbola Museum and Galleries and learning more about Julia Margaret Cameron's pioneering photographic techniques.
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Two men said they'd been lent the canoe by a man in a pub and had been using sticks instead of paddles. They claimed they'd ended up aground because of the unwelcome attentions of a seal!
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After competing for 13 years at the highest level in motorcycle trials, lorry driver Becky Cook from West Wight has swapped her motorcycle for a mountain bike and is competing in the Enduro World Series.
