Woman freed from mud!

A woman this evening has had a rather mucky experience after  becoming trapped in mud up to her waist, requiring fire crews with specialist mud rescue equipment as well as the coastguard rescue team to free the temporarily legless woman. This is nothing new to the Island,  many people who have been to the Isle of Wight festival will have experience drowning in mud, although I suppose that's a lot better than having to listen to Bruce Springsteen.

The incident happened shortly after 18:00 near to Totland Pier,West Wight. Potential new location for the festival? I think so.

Body worn cameras for Island police

Copper's on the prowl.

As part of a nation-wide scheme, coppers across the Island will be equipped with body-worn video cameras in an attempt to help cut crime and disorder. This is great! I can't wait to see video's of convicted tart's being shown the recording from the camera's the police have and going 'oh my day's that's so not me my hair isn't that bad, and my bum isn't that big, god!'. These cameras have come at a cost though, £47,500 to equip 180 of the Island's police force. A small price I feel to provide concrete evidence to help prove that certain people have done certain things... Only downfall from this? No more wild parties in Oakfield; all of those trackie wearing tossers that organised the carnage will most likely be locked up due to this new scheme... Such a shame.

Concerns were raised about how the camera will be used by officers; no one wants a stranger in uniform looking at video's of you . However Hampshire Constabulary have said that all officers must inform those being recorded that the video is recording their actions for the purpose of collecting evidence (and not personal use).

Cowes Enterprise College - When will it open?

students jump as foundations from beneath them collapse

This week Isle of wight council bosses revealed that it's still unknown when the new £32 million Cowes Enterprise College building will open. The school was supposed to have opened last September but, following the repeated delays and setbacks, the trust that runs the school said students would not move in during the current academic year, as this may disrupt their education. To be honest, I think they may have disrupted it so much that students don't care anymore, the constant sound of construction in the background as you're trying to learn? Definitely a danger to the student's education. Still at least they have a reason other than that they were bored to not listen to the teacher.

Further still, there's no guarantee it will open in September! If I were a Cowes student, I'd consider moving school; at least at the other island school's you don't have to wear a high visibility jacket and a safety helmet when you want to go to the toilet.

Police appeal after cat shot in Ryde

A cat owner in Ryde has spoken of of his disbelief as his pet cat had to be put down after being shot by an air rifle. The 13 year old cat, Peanut, had to be put to sleep as the cat had suffered kidney damage in the attack on Tuesday. At first thoughts the owner had thought the cat had been hit by a car or bitten by a dog, however later x-ray's revealed that Peanut had been shot with an air rifle and a pellet had penetrated his kidney. A police investigation has been launched into this devastating incident. As a cat lover myself I am disgusted at whoever committed this unnecessary crime. Hopefully justice will be served and they'll be locked up for good, as well as find a turd in their pillow case.

It's believed that the cat was shot with a 22 calibre air rifle pellet some time between 2.45pm and 3pm. Anyone with information can contact PC Burfitt at Ryde Police Station by calling 101. Information can be given anonymously by phoning the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

Are our beaches getting worse?

 

The Isle of wight, known for its stunning shorelines that are surrounded by glorious bathing water...or is it? In the latest Good Beach Guide, nine achieved the Marine Conservation Societies (MCS) recommended quality standard - one fewer than last year and two less than the year before. The blame is place on one of the wettest summer's the UK has ever seen, meaning that more bacteria and nasty stuff could be washed into our seawater than usual, posing an unseen danger of ear, nose and throat infections.

The beaches that achieved the highest standard include  Totland Bay, Colwell Bay,  Cowes, Seagrove Bay, Whitecliff Bay, Yaverland, Sandown, Compton Bay and Ventnor.

To be honest, I'll still be down there in the summer with my arm bands and snorkel, splashing around before I head back to the beach, only to get sand stuck in my toes and to eat a badly cooked burger from a tragically constructed barbecue. Either way, don't worry Islander's, we still have 9 beaches with bathing water that meet the highest standards. As for the other beaches? We'll survive, just means that we have one more thing to add to our list of ever growing problems...Got 99 problems and our bathing water is one!

Traffic finally flowing!

For all those happy motorists who drove through Fairlee today, you may have noticed that the roadworks in Fairlee have been removed. For those who haven't been near the havoc causing hell hole that were those roadworks, words cannot describe the sheer joy of not having to look to the horizon and see nothing but furious workers in hatchbacks, with blimps of rectangular green every now and then that take the form of Southern Vectis buses.

The diversion disrupted thousands of motorists as well as many bus routes, including the number 9, 5, 23, 25 and 39. My experience of the traffic was tragic. One day it took 2 hours 30 minutes to get from Ryde to Newport, meaning it would of been quicker to go by foot. Ah well, now that the roads are done we can all whisk ourselves with ease to our workplace or school. Although, having no road works means the 'sorry I'm late, the traffic was bad' excuse is temporally unavailable.

Subway in Newport?!

Yes, you heard right, a Subway is opening in Newport! Finally, now we have somewhere to relocate those that hang around outside McDonald's, puffing the smoke from their badly rolled fag's into the faces of innocent shoppers as they show of their new pair of Nike Airs to their tracksuit wearing chums. But on a serious note, the premises was formerly owned by the Isle of Wight Youth Trust's Sporting Chance charity sports shop, which plans to relocate soon.

The new Subway is expected to open in the beginning of may, helping to create around seven to nine permanent and part-time jobs. Although this may not seem like many, it's still enough to help bring a few of us out of this ever growing vortex of unemployment. Not only this, but we'll all be a lot healthier! Subway is much better for you than any of the other options supplied by fast food chains, and seeing that the island has the highest obesity rate in the country, this may help clamp down on those podgy-plodders that patrol our pavements.

I look forward to seeing the launch of Subway in Newport, mainly because I want to see the bread man/woman they employ, not forgetting salad man/woman.

New kid on the block.

Welcome, to the I Luv Wight Blog, the blog that exposes the Isle of Wight. Now you may be thinking 'oh, this is just another one of those wannabe hipsters, who watched that Google advert, saw how that lady with the bags became famous and is now using Google's software to give it a try'. But no. I'm mainly doing this for leisure, plus I'm thinking of going into journalism when I'm older, so doing a bit myself will give me a feel for it and give me brownie points for uni.

The aim of this? Well, it's mainly aimed at those who don't know much about the Island, those who live on the Island, or those who don't know much and live on the Island. As a teenager, I expect to receive a lot of banter for this, so be grateful for my time/effort/lack of caring about others.

Hopefully, I'll get me some readers! Will write plenty of stories and Island experiences somewhen, but for now, here's a video of pretty much the most famous person on this Island, singing about it, and loving life.
Big love for Derek Sandy.