Local Community News

Kieran and Cody Allen Newport couple Kieran and Cody Allen have transformed a 200-year-old well found in their kitchen into a quirky feature. The pair were shocked to discover a 17ft well in their kitchen when renovating their property in...

Violet Dudley's grave Dignitaries and the public gathered to remember the victims of the 1943 bombing of Newport at a memorial service organised by Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council (NCCC) on Friday. 21 people, including 2 children aged 5 and...

Ryde Beach Lifeguards has welcomed more Beach Safety volunteers to assist their Beach Lifeguards in Ryde and Sandown during the Summer holidays.  The Beach Safety are volunteers from RBLG’s beach rookie lifeguard program they run in the summer months, meaning...

Shanklin's Multiple Sclerosis shop in Regent Street recently welcomed national Chief Executive Nick Moberly, with volunteers on hand to highlight how income from the shop benefits local members, as well as contributed to life-changing research. Group co-ordinator Paul Brading introduced...

Charlie Panayi has completed a 120km road cycle around the Isle of Wight in the 2nd of 10 challenges he has set himself to raise funds and awareness in memory of his sister, Zoe, who tragically lost her life to...

A day trip to The New Forest and Bournemouth is being organised by The Holiday Shop, in conjunction with Wight Coaches and Red Funnel, in a bid to raise vital funds for Island mother Sue Bulmer who suffers from Metastatic...

Ryde barman Jack Singleton – together with his partner Eleanor - has been videoing all the former Isle of Wight railway lines. To date, Jack and Eleanor have covered Ryde to Ventnor, Ryde to Newport and Newport to Cowes. Their...

Audiences were enchanted by the music of Paul Armfield at Sibden Hill in Shanklin recently. Local countryside charity, Gift to Nature, commissioned Paul as part of their Lottery-funded Reaching Communities project. The audience relaxed in the dappled shade as Paul...

Isle of Wight Freemasons handed over cheques totalling more than £60,000 to representatives of local charities at an event attended by local dignitaries recently. The presentation evening at the Cowes Masonic Hall also allowed the charities to speak about the...

Malcolm holding a picture of his father Frederick with other brave paratroopers 81-year-old Malcolm Jackson from Shanklin has done a tandem skydive 79 years to the day after his paratrooper father jumped into Nazi-occupied France during the D-Day landings. Lance...