Local Community News

After fleeing Ukraine and arriving on the Island, 8-year-old twins Denys and Artem are now members of Newport Youth IW football club. The brothers came to the Island under the Home for Ukraine scheme with their mother after the war...

A Utilita Energy representative will be dropping into Vecta Oddfellows’ Newport Coffee Morning to share their latest advice on tracking energy usage and how to save on gas and electricity costs. Starting at 11:00, the event will take place on...

The NSPCC is searching the Isle of Wight for volunteers who are passionate about child protection to join them in their fight for every childhood. This autumn the NSPCC's ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ volunteers will be returning to primary schools...

Priory School students attended an awards evening where they celebrated their success last week.  The event was held at St Mildred’s Church on Friday 7th October 2022 and is the 1st Prize Day based on a full academic year (2021-22)...

The Royal British Legion (RBL) is seeking new Poppy Appeal Volunteers for this year’s Poppy Appeal on the Isle of Wight. The RBL marked its 100th-anniversary last year and welcomed back its fleet of Poppy volunteers after they were taken...

After a dedicated 23 years of serving the people of Newport and Ryde on a weekly basis, the Island Farmers' Market has ceased trading - but has made 1 last charitable donation. The Island Farmers' Market was set up to...

Southern Vectis has created a special Needles Breezer Islander Day - offering local people the chance to celebrate all the delights the Isle of Wight has to offer before its popular bus service ends its season this October. Following the...

30 years of dedicated red squirrel work and study by the Wight Squirrel Project has now been completed and published during what is National Red Squirrel Week (10th-16th October).  The book - Red Squirrels on the Isle of Wight -...

Christ the King College hosted the first EARA conference for Isle of Wight Secondary Schools on Thursday (6th October) joined by staff and student representatives from Cowes Enterprise College, Ryde and Upper Chine School, Medina College, The Bay and Carisbrooke...

Portrait of Ivan Turgenev A long-standing walking tour that explores a former colony of Russian writers, revolutionaries and dissidents in Ventnor has soared in popularity this season. ‘Ventnor: Cradle of the Russian Revolution’ made its debut at the Ventnor Fringe...