Izzy Stritton News Today

YOUNGSTERS from across the Isle of Wight have proved their musical and dramatic prowess at a long-established annual festival, which went virtual this year. Competitors in the 2021 Isle of Wight Music, Dance and Drama festival had to film their music, speech and drama classes and submit them for adjudication - rather than perform live. Scroll through our gallery of photos above to see some of the many winners... Students from The Priory School of Our Lady of Walsingham regularly take par...

The budgies of Ventnor Park, currently on holiday in a temporary home. ITS GOOD news for the budgies in Ventnor Park. Skippers Sanctuary, formerly Wild Bird Aid, visited the birds in liaison with Friends of the Animals yesterday (Wednesday) and the charities are going to help Ventnor Enhancement Fund (VEF) care for the birds. The 11 budgies have been temporarily taken out of the aviary while they await an appointment at the vets next week — giving the sanctuary more time to assess their...

The aviary in Ventnor Park. Pictures of the budgies, including one with an elongated beak, and another with short tail feathers, by Izzy Stritton. ONGOING concerns about the welfare of the budgies in an aviary in Ventnor Park have been raised again by locals. But the man looking after the birds, who is part of Ventnor Enhancement Fund but cares for them voluntarily in his own time, outlined the care they receive and disputed claims the aviary is too small. Izzy Stritton, 14, who lives nea...