Local Community News

Sandown's Christ Church commemorated the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a special Pentecost service recently. The special event featured readings from the Island's Lord-Lieutenant Susie Sheldon JP and High Sheriff Graham Biss BEM DL, as well as the D-Day 80...

The Amy White Theatre in East Cowes played host to, and put on, a fabulous trip to see 'The Wizard of Oz'. A summer panto you say? The nerve! This adaptation of L Frank Baum’s much loved book series by...

Natural Enterprise is calling for volunteers to come forward to join a band of heroes tackling Himalayan Balsam along the Island's water courses this Summer. Seb Tayor, the charity's Invasive Species Officer, is highlighting the issue of the invasion threat...

Ahead of the warmer Summer months, volunteers at Cowes RNLI teamed up with maritime charity UKSA to learn from their watersports expertise. The 2 charities spent an evening together off East Cowes seafront where the lifeboat crew were able to...

‘Murder by Misadventure’ is not so much a whodunnit, more a ‘how-did-they-do-it’? The basic premise, a murder plot, is a staple of many a stage play, TV show and film, but there were so many twists and turns in this...

Young people from Community Action Isle of Wight’s Bay Youth Forum will be bringing Ascend, a new youth arts festival, to Sandown on 12th/13th July – and they want more young people between the ages of 10 and 18 to...

Newport's Orchard House has decided to treat essential services workers to breakfast with free takeaways. The initiative aims to acknowledge and support the hardworking individuals who provide essential services, offering them a small but meaningful token of gratitude. Whether they're...

Local PE teacher Ian Rock completed a gruelling 73-mile walk around the coast of the Isle of Wight over the weekend, all in aid of the Huntingdon's Disease Association (HDA) - a cause close to his heart. Ian set off...

Residents at Old Charlton House Residential Home enjoyed a wonderful day full of treats recently. The day began with Scoops, the Ice Cream Van, visiting the home and enabling residents to choose their favourite flavour and topping them off with...

Isle of Wight woman Charlotte Fisher completed the Ultra Trail Snowdonia, the hardest 100-mile mountain race in Europe, for charity last weekend. On Friday, Charlotte set off from Llanberis in Snowdonia to embark on the race, which involved over 9,500ft...