Winter Wonderland market this Sunday kicks off four weeks of festive celebrations in Ventnor (updated)
Winter Wonderland market this Sunday kicks off four weeks of festive celebrations in Ventnor (updated)
Storm Bert likely to bring strong winds and disruption to cross-Solent travel: Met Office issues weather warning
Storm Bert likely to bring strong winds and disruption to cross-Solent travel: Met Office issues weather warning
13, May 2019·1 min readLabour announces candidate for Osborne and Whippingham seat on Isle of Wight councilThe by-election has been prompted by the resignation of previous Labour councillor, Julia Baker-Smith.
16, January 2024·7 min readIsle of Wight candidates react to poll predicting Labour IW electoral winsNews OnTheWight asks local politicians for their response to the latest poll that predicts Labour taking the Island in the General Election
22, March 2023·2 min read’50-year injustice’ towards Isle of Wight council funding, says Bob SeelyIsle of Wight MP Bob Seely has urged another Prime Minister to address the Island's unfair funding settlement for local council services
24, March 2015·1 min readOutcome of Isle of Wight Youth MP elections announcedThe Isle of Wight has a new Member of the UK Youth Parliament.
22, February 2022·2 min readBoundary Review: Have your say on proposed new Parliamentary seats for the Isle of WightIt's time to have your say on the proposed boundary for splitting the Isle of Wight Parliamentary constituency into two seats
9, July 2024·1 min readLetter: Voters signal no way back for ‘Half-a-sausage Seely’: Island politics transformedOptimism prevails with this reader, despite UK's political turbulence and significant change on the Island
6, June 2009·1 min readVentnorBlog on BBC The Politics Show Tomorrow (Sunday)How fab, VB should be live on the Politics show on Sunday!
11, June 2024·1 min readNational Education Union urges end to child poverty and school hungerNEU expresses alarm at the rising hunger among students in schools
12, December 2007·1 min readVentnor West Ward Election 07: Candidate Q&A Video #9One of the nine videos that we shot (Thanks Nige!), posing the same questions to each of the candidates: What have you thought of VB's coverage of election?
22, February 2024·1 min readLabour say no to East Wight Primary – but organisers confirm the door remains openIsland Labour's chair told News OnTheWight that one of the reasons was because "we don't have official candidates as yet"
25, November 2022·2 min read‘It’s been a long time coming’ says new LibDem councillor after landslide victory (updated)The ward, which has been held by the Conservatives since 2011, switched to LibDem after Nick Stuart gained more than half of all votes cast
5, May 2010·3 min readIsle of Wight 2010 Election: Candidate Q&A: National Issue 6: An End to State Pensions?People should provide for their own retirement, and not demand the state to help them do so: The candidates respond.