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Pupils from Shalfleet CE School helped the author by giving feedback on her story and illustrations before she published ‘On the Trail of the Missing Pets’, the first in series of fictional adventures set in history.
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"Black History Month"
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Many happy returns to the inspirational WWII female pilot, Mary Ellis, who celebrates her 100th birthday today.
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Listen and read how Isle of Wight artist Guido Oakley had the honour of working with F1 Racing driver David Coulthard's helmet (used in an actual F1 GP) to produce stunning works of art, sold at Monte Carlo auctions.
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With the Isle of Wight council elections less than a year away, OnTheWight asked leaders of all the political groups for their “view on how things have been since the last election and your hopes for the next 11 months”. Here’s what Liberal Democrat Reg Barry had to say.
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Jonathan is back with his Sunday column and this week shares his experience of falling in with a group of Spiritualists.
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Messages of support have poured in for Stan and Jane Baker after they were refused entry to the Conflict, History and Remembrance Museum site. It's somewhere they've put their heart and souls into over the last year or so.
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How often have you said you must check out an interesting shop or attraction, only to find out when you eventually get around to it that it's closed down?
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There's a lot of hokum spoken about the 1968-70s Isle of Wight Festivals. Listen to what actually happened from Ray Foulk, one of the three organisers.
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The number of hours IW Radio were listened to in the second quarter of the year drop by nearly 100,000 hours
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We ask the council whether there will be continued community use at the Winter Gardens after rumours of a set term only have been circulating
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An interview with the man behind Mr Caulkhead's Isle of Wight colloquialisms
