This week saw Ryde Beach Lifeguards’ popular Rookie Lifeguard programme return for another year, with 30 children aged between 8-13 attending their first...
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Wessex Cancer Trust teamed up with Skydive Isle of Wight and Sandown Airport on (Wednesday) for 25 brave individuals to take to the skies. The daring skydivers...
Ryde Town Council and Network Ryde have installed a ‘Borrow Box’ on Ryde beach, hoping to cut down on plastic waste, provide play opportunities for children...
Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield has admitted that he was delighted and relieved to step onto Ryde beach after swimming more than 5 kilometres across...
Almost 5 years to the day of their first-ever match, Westwood Park will welcome the team that kicked it all off for the Cowes Ladies team back in 2017. On 21st...
A family who have been fossil hunting on the Isle of Wight for some 30 years discovered a top-notch, 125million-year-old dinosaur tooth this week. The Gearing...
The Wayfarer Cycle Touring Club’s annual Randonnee, that was held back in May, raised over £8,000 for 4 local charities. What is believed to be the...
The Isle of Wight community has rallied around to raise £500 for an elderly male who was recently attacked and robbed of his pension money in Ryde. Local taxi...
A group of young Islanders are offering a £5,000 fee for an artist (or artists) to help create a place-changing artwork that will be showcased in The Bay area...
Staff at Blackwater Mill Residential Home have been working on some exciting, new conservation projects. The home, which is set on extensive grounds next to a...
There will be somewhere for some of the Island’s wild birds to be rehabilitated after the team over at Isle of Wight Parrot Rescue announced that they...
Maureen Sullivan gives her verdict on ‘Utter Mess’, a collaboration between Stonecrabs Theatre and Busu Theatre from Japan. I was very privileged...
The award-winning Snacks and Ladders board game Café in Newport is to move to larger premises just 3 doors down the road. Since they picked up an award ranking...
The Trustees of the Mike Howley Trust are welcoming young Island creatives to apply for up to £1,500 to help them realise their artistic ambitions. Mike...
A queue of 60 to 70 passengers at the Isle of Wight Coach and Bus Museum were surprised to be serenaded by Newchurch Male Voice Choir at 15:00 on Sunday...
7 Isle of Wight groups have received a share of more than £23,000 in the latest round of grant giving by local charity WightAID. Grant recipients gathered at...
