Tag Archives: east cowes
MP invites Councillors to meet Education Minister
MP Andrew Turner has invited two County Councillors to accompany him to a meeting with the Education Minister, Lord Nash tomorrow. The meeting has been arranged for some time to explore ways in which the Island’s MP could help the Department for Education support Island...
Isle of Wight Foodbank holding a fundraising and awareness event
The Isle of Wight Foodbank will be holding a fundraising and awareness event on thurday 9th may.
Volunteers and supporters will be pushing Phil The Trolley in many towns and villages throughout the day.
The day will start with “Phil the Trolley” arriving in style on...
Please consider donating to the Isle of Wight Foodbank
The Isle of Wight Foodbank are asking if you would please consider donating an at Waitrose, East Cowes on Saturday 27th or Sunday 28th April.
Volunteers will be there, in store, holding a food donation collection from 9.30 to 3pm on both days.
“On average Isle of Wight...
Medway Queen at the Classic Boat Museum
For many years the paddle steamer Medway Queen was a popular part of the Island’s entertainment industry. The Medway Queen Club flourished at Island Harbour near Binfield from 1966 until the mid 1970s. The business expanded to incorporate a second paddle steamer, Ryde...
Opportunity to help steer a course for Cowes Harbour
Cowes Harbour Office, Town Quay, Cowes.
An important opportunity has arisen to help shape the future of Cowes Harbour due to a vacancy becoming available within Cowes Harbour’s Board of Commissioners.
The Board of Commissioners are at the forefront of bold plans to turn...
Young Max Steers a Course to Cowes Lifeboat Success
Nineteen year old Max Rimington becomes one of the youngest helms with the RNLI, having just qualified at the Cowes lifeboat station.
“It’s a rare honour for someone at such a young age,” said the institution’s divisional inspector for the east region,...
Much-loved Isle of Wight hospital is ‘dying’, says Victorian Society
A former Isle of Wight hospital is open to the elements and deteriorating rapidly, according to the Victorian Society, the national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian historic environment.
The Society is calling for the Frank James Memorial Hospital, a striking...
Cowes Asphalt Plant could cost GKN Jobs says MP
Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has slammed Eurovia Roadstone, the company behind the controversial asphalt plant proposals in Arctic Road, Cowes for the way they have handled the planning application.
Mr Turner attended the packed public meeting in East Cowes Town Hall...
