Local Community News

It was a podium sweep for Year 6 students from Priory School of Our Lady of Walsingham in Whippingham in a verse speaking class at the recent Isle of Wight Music, Dance and Drama Festival. The students all performed the...

Wroxall Primary School are hosting an inspirational workshop with London 2012 Olympian James Dasaolu, but they need your help. James - who ran in the 100m at London 2012 and was up against global megastar Usain Bolt - is to...

Staff from St Georges School in Newport are to undertake a sponsored walk in order to raise funds for a new minibus. On Saturday 29th April, staff will be walking 27 miles as a group across the Island. Over £1,700...

A group of young people recently took part in a first aid training evening in Niton run by South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY). The training covered key topics of first aid for young people ranging from 12 -18 years...

2 Isle of Wight dog owners claimed a coveted Best in Breed prize at Crufts this year. Carol Mulligan and Becky Mulligan watched Cassie, a Bolognese, wow the judges at NEC Birmingham to hold off stiff competition and qualify for...

Pittis Estate Agents have been donating £100 to local community foodbanks every time they attend a property valuation to help support their local communities with the growing cost-of-living crisis. The cost-of-living crisis has been affecting so many and Pittis Estate...

The Net Zero Retrofit Training programme has got off to flying start at the new Forest Road Low Carbon Centre of Excellence, based at Sydenhams in Newport. The programme invites unemployed people, aged 19 and above, to discover and learn...

Deborah Shrubsole, a Clinical Nutrition Nurse Specialist on the Isle of Wight, has been shortlisted for a British Journal of Nursing Award in the Nutrition Nurse of the Year category. The nomination is for developing a feeding tube passport and...

The Wight Noize initiative has returned and is once again giving young musicians the chance to perform on the biggest stage the Isle of Wight has to offer. Wight Noize is a mechanism to support young musicians on the Isle...

Larry Ellis (L) with David White at Dimbola in 2019 On Friday evening Dimbola Museum and Galleries in Freshwater Bay launched its latest exhibition - Larry Ellis A Retrospective. Running until 14th May, it features a set of photographs featuring many...