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WOWfest organisers must pay up front

By a County Press reporter

WOWFEST has been given permission to go ahead today (Friday), providing more than 100 new conditions are met and extensive costs are paid up front.

Riverfest returns this weekend

Riverfest returns this weekend

By Martin Neville

A FLOTILLA of vessels of all shapes, ages and sizes will sail up the River Medina tomorrow (Saturday) to attend the annual Riverfest celebration.

Urinating ferry passenger sentenced

By a County Press reporter

A PASSENGER who urinated over a refreshment counter on the Red Jet has been sentenced today (Friday).

Round the Island Walk this weekend

By Ross Findon

A BRAVE group of walkers is preparing to walk around the Isle of Wight this weekend.

Bomb blasts planned for supermarket site

By Ross Findon

CONTROLLED explosions will take place this weekend to destroy the Second World War mines that have delayed the building of a new supermarket.

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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