Local Community News

Applications to join the Ryde and Sandown beach lifeguards team for the 2025 summer season have now closed. The service is delivered in Ryde and Sandown during the summer months on behalf of Ryde and Sandown Town Councils, as well...

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of their founder, George Fox, Isle of Wight Quakers have recently planted 2 oak trees at Church Litten in Newport.   These are to replace 2 oaks that were cut down some years...

Mountbatten Isle of Wight music ambassador, Mike Christie, is preparing to release a brand new song in celebration of the iconic fundraising event, Walk the Wight. The singer, writer, actor and producer, from the multi-platinum selling quartet, G4, is working with...

Community Dance Isle of Wight is opening its classes to the local community for free next week, as part of the national Let’s Dance campaign. This initiative, spearheaded by Angela Rippon CBE, is all about raising awareness of the benefits...

East Cowes author, Magnus Wheatley, has spent the last 4 months touring his book ‘There is no Second’ – the definitive account of the first race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 for what would become ‘America’s Cup’ –...

A team of Sixth Form students from Cowes Enterprise College have won the Isle of Wight Resilience Challenge in an action-packed 2-day event. Working against the clock, students tackled a series of real-world challenges and presented their well-thought-out plan to...

Vecta House Care Home in Newport has brought joy and cherished memories to resident Madge, a former Girlguiding Brown Owl by fulfilling her heartfelt wish to relive her days as a Brownie Leader at Wroxall. After moving to Vecta House...

Just a year after a dramatic weight loss, Islander Ray Richardson is taking part in a 10-mile charity run in memory of his friend. Ray, 35, went from 26 to 13 stone in just 11 months by changing his diet...

Schoolchildren on the Isle of Wight have been dressing up as their favourite book characters in celebration of World Book Day today (Thursday). Readers of Island Echo have engaged in the literary festivities by sharing photos of their children dressing...

More than half-a-dozen members of staff from a local insurer will trek the length of the Isle of Wight to raise funds for Mountbatten Isle of Wight. A total of 16 team members from NFU Mutual New Forest, Isle of...