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Lobsters Won’t Wear Seatbelts

July 6, 2010 Featured
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An unprecedented demand for FISH’s (www.fishcowes.co.uk) fresh crab and lobsters today resulted in several of the creatures taking a taxi ride from Cowes to Shalfleet. FISH currently offer fresh, local and sustainably caught fish and shell fish from The Dairy Deli Farm Shop in Shalfleet as well as their main outlet in Cowes High Street. [...]

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Rope Store Gallery, Quay Arts Newport Isle of Wight

June 23, 2010 Days Out
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Hanging Out Carinthia West Rope Store Gallery, Quay Arts Sat 17 Jul – Sat 28 Aug Talk and Film Screening: Sat 17 Jul 5 – 6pm Anthony Minghella Theatre, Booking required Drinks Reception: Sat 17 6 – 8pm All Welcome As a model and actress of the 1970s, Carinthia ‘hung out’ with some of the [...]

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Fathers Day Specials Steam Trains Isle of Wight

June 17, 2010 Days Out
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20th June – Fathers Day Specials Steam Trains are just made for Dads! Whether he reminisces about steam train travel as a boy, wants to check out all the engineering stuff, or secretly dreams of being a train driver, your Dad, whatever his age, will enjoy a day out at the IWSR! All dads travelling [...]

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HOVERTRAVEL ENJOYS RECORD NUMBERS DURING THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

June 17, 2010 Days Out
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Hovertravel, the fastest Isle of Wight passenger service across the Solent, saw an 8% increase in the number of passengers using their hovercraft, whilst putting on a HoverFest for people travelling to the Isle of Wight Festival. Neil Chapman, Managing Director of Hovertravel, said: “Hovertravel is a firm favourite with festival goers. This year we launched [...]

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The Hidden Holiday Charges Top 10

June 17, 2010 Featured
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The Hidden Holiday Charges Top 10 New research uncovers stealth charges adding £100s to holiday costs New research from consumer revenge website MoneySavingExpert.com has revealed 10 major hidden charges holidaymakers get smacked with abroad, resulting in a fistful of extra costs. Yet, for every charge banks levy, there’s a counter move to avoid it … [...]

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Isle of Wight MP Welcomes Road Announcement

June 17, 2010 Driving
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MP Welcomes Road Announcement Andrew Turner has today welcomed the news that the Government is set to proceed with a massive £364m investment in Island roads under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Due to the very difficult state of the nation’s finances, a large number of public spending commitments have been axed.  All spending decisions [...]

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LAUNCH OF FSB’s SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY AWARDS 2010

June 14, 2010 Business
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LAUNCH OF FSB’s SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY AWARDS 2010 The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has launched this year’s bid to find the best small business friendly initiatives undertaken by the region’s local authorities. The Small Business Friendly Awards 2010 has three categories and councils are being encouraged to [...]

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Energetic’ mums and dads wanted

June 11, 2010 Uncategorized

The Footprint Trust is looking for young parents to be trained as…. Energetic Champions - the skills learnt in energy and water saving can be shared with their friends, family and neighbours. This will be achieved through free training sessions during the day, held in schools, whilst children are in education. Those trained can then signpost [...]

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Needles Old Battery – Round the Island Yacht Race Breakfast 19 June 6am

June 11, 2010 Days Out
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Needles Old Battery – Round the Island Yacht Race Breakfast 19 June 6am – 11am Watch the yachts round the Needles rocks from the spectacular vantage point of the Needles Old Battery whilst enjoying a hearty breakfast in the tea room or, if the weather permits, outside on the grassy slopes. For wheelchair users and [...]

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Hovertravel launches HoverFest

June 11, 2010 Business
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Hovertravel launches HoverFest Hovertravel, the fastest way to the Isle of Wight, is launching the HoverFest, in association with Galaxy 100-106, ready for the festival goers travelling to the island. On both Thursday 10 June and Friday 11 June, Hovertravel will host two afternoons of live DJ mixes supplied by Galaxy 100-106 between the hours [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

May 27, 2010 Business
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90% happy to deal in black economy – huge challenge for new govt Poll of over 10,000 shows most will pay in cash to help others evade tax In a massive poll on consumer revenge site MoneySavingExpert.com, 87% of people said they would happily pay in cash to get a discount, even if the person [...]

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The Dairy Deli Farm Shop Shalfleet

May 26, 2010 Green
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The Dairy Deli Farm Shop is situated on the A3054 in Shalfleet. Only yards away from Shalfleet Creek this oasis of local produce offers visitors a real chance to taste, smell and enjoy the rich variety of food produced on the Isle of Wight. The Farm Shop offers you, local meats fresh seasonal vegetables, fresh [...]

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Best Foot 4Ward’ – Nova Lifestyles

May 13, 2010 Uncategorized
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‘Best Foot 4Ward’  – a Nova Lifestyles Network Health and Lifestyle Day In support of Walk the Wight and the Island’s Walking Festival, Nova Lifestyles Network is holding their next Health and Lifestyle Day at the Riverside Centre, Newport on Saturday, May 15th from 1.00 – 4.00pm. With the RiverFest taking place close by at Medina [...]

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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School

May 13, 2010 Events
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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School Shalfleet has been officially recognised a number of times for its efforts in being a healthy school. In 2007 the school was awarded the prestigious National Healthy School standard and won the Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Alliance Award. In 2010, continued commitment to Healthy Eating [...]

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Go Wild in the Woods

May 12, 2010 Days Out
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Go Wild in the Woods Come and enjoy a fascinating day in the life of the woodland of Firestone Copse during the spring half-term holidays on Wednesday 2 June. Set your alarm clocks early as the day begins at 5am with a dawn chorus walk followed by lots of other great wildlife activities throughout the [...]

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Children discovering nature at their own pace.

May 12, 2010 Days Out
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Naturezones is run at a ten acre site consisting of wildflower meadows and native woodland at Blackwater. It is a great venue for children to become Nature Detectives. The Wildlife Education Centre was set up by Angela Hewitt and her husband three years ago with the help of Heritage Lottery funding. Numerous activities include: Tuesday [...]

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