Local Community News

A local Miniature Schnauzer and his owner are prize winners after entering a national award celebrating the powerful bond between dogs and their humans. The Woof & Well Award was launched by Vet’s Kitchen in recognition of the contribution dogs...

A team of volunteers working across the Isle of Wight have been given an award by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) for their outstanding work. The team of 6 were each given a prestigious Spotlight Award and individually received...

Bembridge CE Primary has been shining a light on energy-saving measures, thanks to the support of Wightlink’s Green Fund for Schools project. The Isle of Wight primary school successfully applied for £816 through the ferry company’s initiative to support school...

Filmmaker Bruce Webb has been appointed by the Sandown and Lake Youth Forum to help create a place-changing £5,000 public artwork for The Bay this autumn, with the Newport Youth Panel now offering their own £5,000 art commission. Bruce was...

Motor neurone disease association volunteer Jennie Lewis is to leave the association after 20 years of hard work and devotion to a charity so close to her heart. Mavis Summerfield was 1 of life’s treasures. A devoted wife, mother and...

Shoppers are sitting pretty in Newport town centre now as 3 benches became the unlikely blank canvas for a new mural that celebrates Newport's place at the heart of the Isle of Wight UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Local artist, Alice Malia,...

A beautiful grey tabby cat that was found wandering around the corridors of a school in Godalming in Surrey is being reunited with its owner on the Isle of Wight after being missing for 7 weeks. It was on Monday...

Money raised from last year's Christmas lights display at Long Lane in Newport has helped identify 32 men from the local area who need further assessment for prostate cancer. Each year, Terry and Sue Ramplin light up their house at...

Christian pilgrims undertook an annual walk between Ryde and Quarr last Friday (2nd September)  - a traditional that dates back to the Victorian times. The origins of the walk go back to when Catholics would walk on Sunday afternoons in...

Award-winning producer and screenwriter, Dominic Minghella, has a deep affection for his hometown of Ryde and has recently shared his ideas of the hopes he has for the town's High Street. In a blog post, he has created exclusively for...