Local Community News

Quay Arts in Newport hosted the Isle of Wight Tattoo Convention at the weekend  (1st/2nd October) - the 1st time such an event has been held on the Island for a decade. The convention was organised by Filip Pasieka and...

Sandown Green Town Volunteers received the 2022 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service from Lord Lieutenant Susie Sheldon JP during a special presentation at Sandown's Broadway Centre last week. The volunteers were recognised for their dedication and commitment to maintaining and...

An exciting, innovative and collaborative approach to informing future public realm work in Ryde is underway. Ryde Arts are delighted to be working with Eleanor Goulding and Russell Denman from the Dorset-based studio Denman+Gould on 'The Blueprint Project'. As part...

Not a single person more could have been crammed onto the stage at Bembridge Village Hall for GASP’s inaugural production of Pirates of Penzance. Performed by a cast from a range of theatrical and musical backgrounds, and playing to full houses, it...

Sandown Town Councillors, with members of the Beach Safety Team, helped champion World Heart Care Day this week by raising awareness of the network of defibrillators in the town, as well as unveiling plans for a new defibrillator at St...

L-R: Leo Roberts formally receiving the vehicle from Terry Hussey A bus that once trundled across the Isle of Wight has been gifted to the Isle of Wight Bus Museum. The Bristol RESL 808, registration HDL 23E, has been kindly...

His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Susie Sheldon, presented the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service to Pan Together on Wednesday. This is the highest award a voluntary organisation can receive in the UK and is the organisational equivalent...

Last week Veterans Outreach Support held a drop-in session at the Riverside Centre in Newport, supporting Island Veterans and their families. The sessions, to which all veterans are welcome, offer support and help in many ways, a number of delivery...

Karen Dolan Jo Rees - from St Helens - will run the London Marathon on Sunday, hoping to raise £3,000 for the PLANETS Cancer Charity. She has been inspired to take part in the marathon by the story of Karen...

MAN v FAT is bringing Challenge, its home-based healthy living and competitive digital weight loss programme for men who want to improve their physical and mental health, to the Isle of Wight for the first time, with funded places available....