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Food Bank scoops top award

Food Bank scoops top award

By a County Press reporter

THE Isle of Wight Food Bank won the overall top prize at this year's Community Action Awards.

Villagers unite against homes

By Matt White

RESIDENTS and parish councillors were unanimous in their opposition to a new housing development in Gurnard on Tuesday.

Find out about Motability

By A CP reporter

FOLLOWING its success in recent years, the Isle of Wight annual Motability event takes place today (Saturday) at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport.

Round the Island Walk this weekend

By Ross Findon

A BRAVE group of walkers will walk around the Isle of Wight this weekend.

Search the rockpools this Sunday

By a County Press reporter

THE CHANCE to search some of the Isle of Wight's thriving rockpools is on offer tomorrow (Sunday) as part of the Isle of Wight Walking Festival.

Sport

Orton all smiles as he tops table tennis chart

Orton all smiles as he tops table tennis chart

TABLE TENNISSMILING Lee Orton was determined to have fun at the IW County Press-sponsored Top Ten table tennis tournament at the Carl Prean Centre — and was like the cat who had the cream at the end.

Rising stars hit the gym

GYMNASTICS THE standard just keeps getting higher and higher in IW gymnastics, as these stars proved at Carisbrooke College last weekend.

Shooters aim for championship

SHOOTING SHOOTERS from around the Island gathered at Sainham, Godshill, last weekend, for the IW Gun Club’s annual single-barrel championship.

Teen Dylan springs a bowl surprise

GOLF JUNIOR golfer Dylan King showed great maturity to defeat a field of senior players to win Newport Golf Club’s Keith Whitcombe Rose Bowl.

Features

Glory days of Shanklin uncovered

WIGHT LIVING LIKE a missing tooth, Shanklin’s Spa site has been a gap in the seafront for decades.

Unwanted legacy of wet weather

GARDENING THE almost unprecedented 40 days and 40 nights’ rain (or so it seemed) has had even the most mild-mannered gardener tearing hair.

Looking Back, Friday, May 18, 2012

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100 Years Ago – May 18, 1912
EAST Cowes District Council approved plans for the building of a new Liberal Club, in York Avenue.

Stay cool on the embers

By Keith Newbery

THIS ISLAND LIFE AS a cure for verrucas it left something to be desired but the bare-foot stroll over hot embers, which launched the Island’s walking festival, proved a diverting way to spend a Saturday evening.

Is it too much to ask to keep our IW heritage?

By Charlotte Hofton

THE VIEW FROM HEREWHEN Margaret Thatcher embarked on a programme of privatisation, Harold Macmillan was scornful. “The sale of assets is common with individuals and states when they run into financial difficulties,” he told the Tory Reform Group in 1985.

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