Local Community News

Dominic Minghella Sight for Wight is running the Island’s short story writing competition again this year after the success of last year’s, which produced some very high-quality entries, despite lockdown and everything being ‘virtual’.  Running for over a decade, Sight...

Residents at Orchard House Care Home in Newport have been treated to the musical talents of Wight Diamonds Marching Band.  The band played well-known music that residents sang along with, and at times accompanied the band by playing tambourines, cymbals,...

The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth has celebrated a Jubilarian Mass, to mark the Jubilees of ordination for Priests who have devoted themselves to the Priesthood, both in the UK and some abroad, totalling over 535 years to God’s service. The...

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...