Local Community News

Wight Ices, who have been chiming their way around the Isle of Wight in their growing fleet of ice cream vans, have now secured their 1st permanent site - a pitch down at Western Gardens in Ryde. An ice cream...

The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown is working with Ability Dogs 4 Young People to open up the sanctuary to Island residents and visitors who use assistance dogs when out and about. The trial, which started in March, aims to...

Angelica and Jill – donkeys adopted by Isle of Wight Indie band Wet Leg - sadly departed for pastures new on Saturday (25th March). Both donkeys had been closely monitored for a while and both had various health issues that...

The Classic Boat Museum is opening for the 2023 season with a brand-new artefact, the Fresnel Lens from St Catherine’s Lighthouse. Housed at the Museum’s Boat Shed site (off Thetis Road in Cowes) the lens is on show for the...

The Bishop of Portsmouth has appointed an experienced priest to be interim team rector of Newport and Carisbrooke with Gatcombe. Canon Sarah Chapman will come out of retirement to take charge of Newport Minster, St John’s Newport, St Mary’s, Carisbrooke,...

Football stadium tour A group of 6 football-mad lads - accompanied by their Dads - have succeeded in their quest to visit all 20 Premier League grounds in just 24 hours in aid of Mountbatten Hospice. Sonny Foster (7), Reuben...

Network Ryde has been awarded a transformational Youth Investment Fund grant worth £578,000 to renovate St Thomas’ Church for its youth service offer to young people across the Island. It is very welcome news for young people supported by Network...

A celebration of the life of the well-known and much-respected Isle of Wight author, historian and journalist Adrian Searle is to be held at Shanklin Chine on Tuesday 28th March, from 11:00. All are welcome. Anyone attending is invited to...

An Isle of Wight parish council is transforming its warm space, which has turned into a ‘vital part’ of the village’s social scene. Northwood Parish Council’s warm space and community hub started at Northwood Village Hall in December and has...

Shanklin Season's Art Class Artists celebrated the completion of their course with an exhibition of work opened by the Lake Parish Council (LPC). The exhibition itself was opened by LPC Chair Councillor Paul Brading with the friends and family of...