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Homes Extra: Pools & Hot Tubs

Create year-round holiday vibes in your very own back garden with the addition of a super fun and relaxing swimming pool or hot tub...

Home Style: A Rural Escape

Annabelle and husband Rob found the ideal cottage and created their perfect relaxing rural retreat...

Aspiration to Achieve

From guiding people into the best apprenticeships to suit them, to helping employers find bright new employees, these are the best bits of HTP Apprenticeship College...

Island Update: July 2025

Your latest community news, achievements and feel-good stories...

Community News

Urgent Sandown Cycle Track Work Underway

Island Roads is working to quickly reopen a section of the popular Newport to Sandown cycle track, which has been temporarily closed due...

Blackgang Chine Needs Your Vote To Win Big At The UK Theme Park Awards

Blackgang Chine, the UK’s oldest theme park, has been shortlisted in four major categories at the 2025 UK Theme Park Awards – and now it...

Orchard House Resident’s Fishing Dream Comes True

A long-standing wish came true this week at Newport's Orchard House Care Centre when one of the home’s residents, a former avid...

Mountbatten Learns How Much It Will Receive In Second Phase Of Government Funding

The Mountbatten Group, which comprises Mountbatten Isle of Wight and Mountbatten Hampshire, has been advised it will receive just under...

Hidden Island

Win a Traeger Pro 22 Wood fired BBQ For Your Home

We're offering you the chance to win a brand new Traeger Pro 22 BBQ worth £500 from MTL in Sandown!

ONE WEEK ONLY: Win A Pair Of Tickets To Ultimate Earth, Wind And Fire At The Shanklin Theatre

We're offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to this boogie-filled evening at The Shanklin Theatre celebrating an iconic band!...

Win A Two-Night Stay At The Seaview Hotel With Breakfast And Two-Course Dinner

We're offering one lucky Hidden member and a plus one the chance to enjoy a fantastic two-night stay at this beautiful coastal hotel in...

Win A New Composite Front Door From Island Windows

We've teamed up with Island Windows to offer you the chance to win a brand new & fitted entrance composite door worth up to £2000*!...

Food And Drink

Recipe: Miso Salmon

This excellent recipe uses miso to great effect, creating a satisfying and healthy salmon supper...

Recipe: Summer Pudding

This stunning dessert is a take on a classic British pudding. Celebrate the British summer with ripe, delicious berries bursting with seasonal flavour...

Recipe: Summer Bean Salad with Basil Aioli

This delicious recipe creates a colourful salad that's a feast for the eyes and bursting with summer flavours...

Recipe: Spicy Tomato Pasta Salad

As we head into summer, it's time for fresh, seasonal flavours and a kaleidoscope of colourful ingredients...

Home And Garden

Gardening: Plant a Geranium!

Shady woodlanders, sun-worshippers or rockery characters – there’s a hardy, hardworking geranium for every location...

Homes Extra: Driveway to Heaven

Instantly improve your home’s kerb appeal with a well-designed and beautifully executed driveway, it’s much more than just a place to park the car...

Gardening: A Guide to Watering

Flo Whitaker explains how to keep your garden irrigated throughout summer - and makes an appeal for ‘slow watering’...

Gardening: Top of the Pots

Plant pots come in many forms and a seasonal potted display will bring a dynamic quality to your garden...

Stuff We Like!

Playtime: Proper Picnics

Sara Whatley is singing the praises of the proper picnic this month as the Whatley clan make the most of the summer...

Five Brilliant Brain Teasers For The Week (21/07/25)

Settle in for another round of riddles and reasoning. This week's set includes two easy warm-ups, two moderate thinkers, and one tough...

Our Five Greatest Superhero Films Of The 21st Century (So Far)

With Superman once again lighting up the big screen and a new Fantastic Four on its way from Marvel, it's hard not to reflect on how far...

Our Five Greatest Superhero Films Of The 20th Century

With the brand-new Superman movie soaring into cinemas and reigniting our love for capes, secret identities, and larger-than-life...