Local Community News

The Isle of Wight Morris Minor Owners Club held their Annual Rally at the start of September, raising £250 for The Phoenix Project IOW. Over 50 Morris Minors attended, many from the Island but also over half coming over from...

Morrisons stores across the country, including 2 here on the Isle of Wight, have raised a total of £5million for Together for Short Lives. The partnership is raising vital funds for children’s hospices across the country, including Naomi House &...

Primary school children will have the chance to hear their stories read aloud on stage as part of a new writing competition to mark 175 years since Charles Dickens stayed on the Isle of Wight. Ian Dickens, a great-great Grandson...

Monkey Music classes for babies and toddlers are now available across the Island. The musical classes are available for children aged from 3 months all the way up to 4 years old and aim to offer a stimulating and progressive...

Following links with the Isle of Wight Volunteer Centre and Shademakers, based in Ryde, 4th Sandown Brownies and their leaders have been in a carnival mood. The leaders made carnival flags, using the Batik technique, at workshops held by the IW...

An Isle of Wight actor is to tread the boards at London’s Royal Court Theatre later this month as she embarks on her first professional role since graduating from drama school.  Anna Constable, who has a rare genetic condition called...

In her newest historical romance novel, 'Arresting Beauty', Cowes author Heather Cooper explores family, romance, Victorian culture and self-realisation through the previously unheard voice of a young girl called Mary Ryan, known as both Julia Margaret Cameron’s parlour maid and...

Residents at Vecta House Care Home in Newport recently enjoyed an extra special animal therapy session with Bella - 1 of the donkeys from the Isle Of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. Bella trotted around the home to visit each and every...

3 executive directors from Majestic, the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer, are set to saddle up for a gruelling 100km cycle around the coast of the Isle of Wight in aid of charity. Majestic’s Executive Chairman and CEO John Colley,...

The rollout of water butts, watering cans, compost, seed trays and ‘lucky dip’ seeds by The Footprint Trust is underway in a bid to help Islanders save water. These kits are perfect for home or allotment use and are a...