The Island’s veteran community and members of the public are invited along to a veteran’s engagement event at St Mary’s Hospital on Thursday 2nd March. As part of a new initiative, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust is working with...

Orchard House Care home, in Newport, was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of St Valentine’s Day.   Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by having an afternoon tea for couples, enjoying delicious fairy cakes and scones...

Isle of Wight athlete Henry McLuckie insists he is hitting his stride at exactly the right time with the British Indoor Championships beckoning. The middle-distance star was left disappointed after failing to qualify at the Under-23s European cross-country trials in...

A film promoting the work of local charity Mountbatten Isle of Wight has been shortlisted to win a prestigious award. The Smiley Charity Film awards – dubbed the Oscars of charity film – is the world’s biggest campaign to promote...

For quite a few years now The Wight Strollers’ pantomime has been one of the highlights of my spring, so I was delighted to be able to attend the latest one at Medina Theatre over the weekend. Before reviewing the...

Entries are now open for the 6th edition of Cowes Spring Classics which takes place on the weekend of 12th-14th May 2023.  Based at Shepards Marina, Cowes Spring Classics is a relaxed weekend regatta to start the season and the...

Ryde Mayor, Councillor Michael Lilley, will be hosting his 8th annual pancake flipping contest on Pancake day (Tuesday 21st February) at Pickle and Dill on Union Street. The annual event, held since 2016, raises yearly the issue of poverty and...

The Isle of Wight Council will be a ‘trailblazer’ for family hubs, the government announced last week. Around £2.6 million has been provided already for a 3-year programme, until 2025, with an extra £33,000 now confirmed. The Island was one...

Cross-Solent operator Wightlink will get a share of £60million in Government funding to explore the future of electric boats as part of the UK's race to decarbonise the maritime sector. For the first time, the UK Government is funding the...

Furzehill Childcare Centre held its Fundraising Extravaganza in aid of the Island father of 2 Reece Payne last Saturday (11th February). Reece has set up a crowdfunding campaign to help him to raise £50,000 for lifesaving cancer treatment in Japan...