Sir Tom Jones says it will be ‘magnificent’ to perform as he joins Isle Of Wight festival lineup

‘I can’t wait to be there with you’: Sir Tom Jones says it will be ‘magnificent’ to perform again as he joins Isle Of Wight 2021 festival lineup By Isla Williams For Mailonline Published: 02:12 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 27 March 2021 Sir Tom Jones has said it will be ‘magnificent’ … Read more

Isle of Wight Festival is moved back to September after June proved too early

The Isle of Wight Festival has been moved back by three months to September so it can still take place this year, after the planned end of coronavirus rules in June. The music festival had been due to take place from June 17 to 20 – but this would have been just before the Government … Read more

Designer, 29, says he is the man behind mysterious monolith on Isle of Wight

A designer who was one of the first to discover the mysterious monolith that appeared on an Isle of Wight beach has claimed he is responsible for its creation. Tom Dunford, 29, who is from Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight, had initially said he had come across the three-sided metal mirrored construction on Compton Bay on Sunday … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn escapes Labour anti-Semitism fury with a weekend on the Isle of Wight

Jeremy Corbyn escapes Labour anti-Semitism fury – and London’s Tier 2 lockdown – with a weekend on the Tier 1 Isle of Wight with wife Laura Alvarez Maskless ex-opposition leader was pictured on the ferry to the island on Friday Came the day after he was suspended over anti-Semitism probe into Labour  71-year-old MP swapped … Read more

Police rush to oil tanker off Isle of Wight after ‘stowaways discovered’

Police rush to oil tanker off Isle of Wight after ‘stowaways attempt to hijack ship’ headed to Southampton from Nigeria Police called after ‘security incident’ on Nave Andromeda off Isle of Wight today Restriction zone of five nautical miles now in place around vessel this afternoon The ship is reportedly Libyan-registered and was set to dock … Read more

Fury as Eton College chops down 150-year-old Isle of Wight oak tree

Eton College sparks uproar by chopping down beloved 150-year-old oak tree on land it owns 100 miles away on the Isle of Wight to make way for 12 houses Furious locals up in arms after Eton College felled ancient oak without warning Campaigners are fighting to protect other trees on site earmarked for 12 homes  … Read more

First ever albino all-white SHARK to be caught off Britain is snared near Isle of Wight

A real Great White! First ever albino all-white SHARK to be caught off Britain is snared near Isle of Wight  Jason Gillespie, 50, was deep-sea fishing when he caught the  3ft all-white shark  The shark is leucistic, a condition which means it lost all the pigment in its skin Jason quickly snapped some photos before realeasing … Read more

Migrant ‘hostels’ could be set up on the Isle of Wight under ‘offshoring’ proposals

Asylum processing centres could be built on the Isle of Wight, the Shetlands or the Isle of Man, it emerged yesterday. The new ‘offshoring’ proposal – which might also see asylum hostels built on other remote Scottish islands – is part of Priti Patel’s over-arching programme to crackdown on the Channel migrant crisis. Under a … Read more

Husband reunited with wedding ring he lost in the sea off the Isle of Wight

Stunned husband, 54, is reunited with wedding ring he lost while ‘splashing about’ in the sea off the Isle of Wight after it was found by an 11-year-old girl in ‘one in a million’ discovery Matt Eastley, 54, lost his wedding ring in the sea on August 6 on the Isle of Wight He asked Toni … Read more

Great British boltholes: A review of Hillside Ventnor, Isle of Wight

Eye-popping sea views, a secret beach mere footsteps away and an uber-cool interior: Inside the Scandi-chic Isle of Wight lodge that’s shaking up the island’s hotel scene Hillside is located in the quirky resort of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight’s south coast with Scandi-chic decor  There are 12 rooms – eight of which have sea … Read more