20 August 2008, 3:09 am
By Suzanne Pert - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 THE Isle of Wight will fly the largest London 2012 Olympic handover flag in the country on Sunday as the Olympic baton is handed over to Britain as the next host country.... read more
20 August 2008, 1:55 am
By David Newble - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 HAVE you got what it takes to take part in the Wight Challenge? That’s the question being posed to Isle of Wight residents as the Island gears up for the fifth Wight Challenge event, in aid of the Dreams Come True children’s charity.... read more
20 August 2008, 1:54 am
A TRIO who entered Wight In Bloom for the first time were the surprise winners of the top award, the Lesley Kenrick Cup.... read more
19 August 2008, 7:29 am
A spinnaker bearing the London 2012 logo is to be hoisted in front of the Needles - the Isle of Wight's most famous landmark - to celebrate the end of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday and the so called handover - the start of the countdown to London in four years' time.... read more
19 August 2008, 2:10 am
KIDS did the limbo, scored goals and raced to glory when the Isle of Wight branch of the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) held its first sports day. The group, which holds a couple of dozen activities for its members each month, chose to put on a sports day for its main summer event.... read more
19 August 2008, 1:54 am
By Suzanne Pert - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 THE Freemasons’ Grand Charity, the central charity that dispenses grants to non-Masonic causes, has made a further donation of £4,000 to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.... read more
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