A ground-breaking event bringing together business decision makers and product innovators from across the Isle of Wight and beyond was held at CECAMM in Whippingham on Thursday. Smart Island Live proved very popular with those attending and it is hoped...

With just 2 weeks of her 12-month tenure as the Island’s High Sheriff remaining, Gioia Minghella-Giddens has described her recent awards evening as one of the highlights of her shrieval year. Of the 11 young people chosen to be rewarded...

Applications for the Community Action Awards 2019, a yearly celebration of the community and voluntary sector, are now being sought. With an aim of encouraging community projects to promote and celebrate their achievements over the last 12 months, these awards...

A special prize giving ceremony was held at the Sir Max Aitken Museum in Cowes on Friday after Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) set young Islanders a challenge to design and produce a landmark which could be sited on the Cowes Harbour...

A new exhibition, which combines displays drawn from Carisbrooke Castle Museum’s extensive collection of historic artefacts with contemporary artistic responses created by QuayCrafts, has recently opened and will run until 3rd November. ‘Out of the Box’ started when QuayCrafts, a group...

Dimbola Museum and Galleries is currently hosting a major exhibition of photographs depicting the changing face of the Isle of Wight since the 1860s. 53 black and white photographs are on display having been selected from 2 private collections totalling...

An exhibition highlighting the work of 'Wild About Wight', a Vectis Housing community project exploring the natural and built heritage of East Wight, is now on display at Quay Arts in Newport. Throughout 2018 artists Hannah George, Babs Gowan, Carol...

Sir Martin with HM The Queen in Cowes The voluntary sector of the local community said farewell to the Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight at a special event at Riverside, Newport on Friday (15th February). Major General Sir...

This year’s Duke of Edinburgh’s award presentation evening witnessed over 70 young Islanders achieving Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Hosted by the Isle of Wight College for the third year running, there were 6 students achieving Gold, 9 taking Silver...

Bill Shepard and Brian Greening Cowes Heritage's annual exhibition, which opened at Regatta House last Saturday, has received warm praise from the first visitors through the door. The exhibition is being held in memory of the late local historian Charles ‘Charlie’...