Local Community News

Rt Rev Dr Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth, visited The Bay CE School last week (Wednesday 6th September). Reverend Frost met with pupils and staff, who welcomed him into the school community. Starting at the primary site, he had a...

Owing to the generous funding from the Family Hub Start For Life programme, Dadzclub is set to make its mark on the Isle Of Wight, offering a platform for fathers to connect, learn, and share in the experiences of parenthood....

Oakvale Foodshare has been granted £500 from the Mayor of Ryde's charity fund to further its mission of providing essential meals to families in need. This funding will be channelled into creating meal bags that cater to breakfast, lunch and...

Newport Football Club has made its 1st deliveries of match day foodbank collections to local food pantries. The Wessex League club is asking fans to bring along donations of food and essentials to the home games it plays at Beatrice...

The Island's young heroes have been crowned at this year's Isle of Wight Radio's Child of Wight Awards. The event, with headline sponsor WightFibre, took place at Tapnell Farm for the 2nd consecutive year on Friday (8th September), with nominees...

40 swimmers joined Wessex Cancer Support to bravely swim 1.3 miles from Hurst Castle on the mainland to Colwell Bay on Saturday (9th September). Wessex Cancer Support coordinates this annual event along with dedicated volunteer, Michelle Salsbury, who came up...

A cat who is often to be found cheering up patients while 'doing the rounds' at St Mary's Hospital has returned home after his concerned owner put out an appeal. Leo was reported missing from Newport last Friday (8th September)....

NFU Mutual Agents and their staff at the New Forest, Isle of Wight and Bournemouth agency recently nominated local charity Independent Arts to receive a donation of £6,443.00 from NFU Mutual’s national £1.92million ‘Agency Giving Fund’. The leading rural insurer...

Island Arts for Wellbeing charity Independent Arts were the beneficiaries of a hugely successful day of fundraising by Freshwater Bay Golf Club on Saturday 19th August. Hosting the club’s annual charity day, members and guests played through high winds for...

Parkhurst prison features in a new true-life account of life behind bars as told by criminal Stephen Jackley, who served nearly 7 years in prisons across the United Kingdom. In 2008, Stephen Jackley - a 21-year-old university student - was...