Local Community News

This week former professional goalkeeper, David James MBE, officially opened a football recycling centre at the Utilita Energy Hub in Newport – and is inviting parents to help themselves to free, good-quality football boots in anticipation of their return to...

Newport marked 100 years of carnival history yesterday evening (Thursday) with one of the biggest and most spectacular turnouts of floats and spectators for an illuminated event in decades. The parade - which took over a full 40 minutes to...

The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary has welcomed its new community engagement leader, Tiffany Harvey. The Wroxall-based sanctuary recently won funding from the National Lottery's Community Fund which has made this brand new role possible. It will allow the charity...

The Wight Aviation Museum celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the maiden flight of the Saunders-Roe 'Princess' flying boat G-ALUN on the weekend of 20th/21st August. The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess was a British flying boat aircraft developed and built by Saunders-Roe...

Rescue cat Lola 2 Isle of Wight cat fans have lived like rescue moggies for a day to give their feline counterparts a much-needed funding boost. Volunteers at Cats Protection’s Isle of Wight Adoption Centre - Sarah Whitter, 49, and...

Island resident Peter Thornton - who suffers from a rare neurological disease - has handed over £2,000 to the charity that helped him cope with his diagnosis. Last Wednesday (17th August), Peter, from the Isle of Wight, gave a cheque...

15 fundraising individuals took to the skies above the Isle of Wight in a tandem skydive last Thursday, all in aid of Ventnor's St Catherine’s School, which supports children and young adults with speech, language and communication needs. Taking off...

Mike Dixon Cowes hosted a 4-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the Island’s most colourful characters Uffa Fox. Throughout Thursday various examples of boats designed or built by Uffa were arriving in the town....

For the volunteers at Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, it’s always a pleasant surprise when 13-year-old Emilia Belchamber from Surbiton and her Aunt, Vivien White, pop into their independent lifeboat station and present them with a donation. This year they...

This autumn South West Advocacy Network, (SWAN) is providing free self-advocacy training sessions. The Be Heard programme is designed to help people stand up for their rights and resolve issues that they are facing by teaching them how to advocate...