Island Trader

  Matthew Hall, who studies at the Isle of Wight College, was declared regional winner at the South West final of Johnstone’s Trade Young Painter of the Year, which was held recently at Bournemouth & Poole College. Johnstone’s Trade Young Painter of the Year has been running for 15 years… Read more »

A football-loving young carer, a selfless thirteen year old and three talented dancers were among the winners at Isle of Wight Radio’s 2019 Child Of Wight awards at Cowes Yacht Haven on Friday night (17 May). In their fourth year, the awards are headline-sponsored by Wightfibre and were presented by… Read more »

Two more favourite haunts, Kashmir Cafe and Cirque de la Quirk, have been confirmed their line-ups for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival, which takes place at Seaclose Park, Newport from June 13 to 16. Kashmir Cafe, which boasts real music and real ale among its attributes, will have Island… Read more »

  An official application has been made to the Isle of Wight Council to open the Island’s first Burger King. A planning application has been submitted to open a Burger King and 24-hour gym at Coppins Bridge in Newport, a site in which Cineworld, Pizza Hut and KFC are currently… Read more »

Would you like to live like Ginger, Sporty, Scary and Baby? Tell us what you want; what you really want? Do you really wannabe a guest in the Spice Girls’ bus that featured in the 1997 film, Spice World? The double-decker Spice Bus, covered by a Union Jack, has been… Read more »

The National Trust and a local group, Bembridge Men in Sheds, are trying to raise £50,000 to buy replacement sails at Bembridge Windmill. The money was required after the lattice work forming part of the sails, known as sweeps, had to be removed last winter after time and weather took… Read more »

  Wightlink has been awarded a Silver Star to recognise its efforts to promote sustainable travel on the Island, and is now aiming to achieve Gold status. The accolade, awarded by Visit Isle of Wight under its Green Star scheme, shows Wightlink’s commitment to protect the environment, which already includes… Read more »

Priory School of Our Lady of Walsingham in East Cowes was named the winner of the The Salvation Army’s county-wide competition to encourage recycling in schools. It is part of its ‘Recycle with Michael’ initiative to divert thousands of tonnes of textiles away from landfill. A total of 1,605 pupils… Read more »

Island Roads will resurface a busy section of Cowes town centre next month. The ‘loop’ between Terminus Road, the High Street and Carvel Lane is due to be upgraded over two nights, June 4 and 5. Work is being undertaken at night given the busy nature of the section, and… Read more »

  Iconic paddle Steamer Waverley has been withdrawn from service and will not operate any of her sailing programme for the first time in 45 years. An appeal has been launched to save the ship, which has been a regular and popular visitor to the Island. The Waverley is the… Read more »