Local Community News

Nutrition Nurse Specialist, Tracy Cloke, has been shortlisted in this year’s British Journal of Nursing Awards in the specialist nutrition category. Tracy, who retired at the end of last year, worked within the hospital and in the community nutrition service...

Firefighters Adam Wood and Jason Mathews have been handed their Long Service and Good Conduct medals having dedicated 20 years of their lives to serving the local community of Shanklin. It was in the early 2000s that CM Wood and...

Age UK Isle of Wight has announced the sudden death of much-loved colleague and Trustee, Alan Thorne. Alan joined the Age UK Isle of Wight Board of Trustees in 2019 having retired after 40 years’ service with the NHS. It...

The Island Collection has announced the arrival of Janet Owen and Rebecca Goozee to the team thanks to £40,000 of grant funding. Until now the organisation has been entirely run by its volunteer trustees, but Arts Council England has awarded...

Dead Lights – featuring Isle of Wight singer Saul Strange – will be releasing their new EP ‘Doom Doom Trash’ on Friday (25th March). Dead Lights were formed in early 2020 by Isle of Wight singer and producer Saul Strange...

A mother and daughter from Mariupol – a Ukrainian city currently besieged by the Russians – joined pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Newport on Sunday (20th March). Every Sunday for the past 3 weeks a committed group of anti-Putin protestors has gathered...

Pupils from Dover Park Primary School in Ryde have been given an early insight into possible career options during a day out at London’s Kidzania, which recently featured on BBC One's The Apprentice. Due to the impacts of COVID-19, it...

Community Action Isle of Wight, working in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, is gearing up to welcome Ukrainians to the Island. The charity, which worked closely with the council to coordinate much of the community support during the...

Sandown Green Town Volunteers and local residents welcomed 2 Deputy Lord Lieutenants for the Isle of Wight to the planting of an oak tree in Battery Gardens, Sandown this week. The tree is part of The Queen’s Green Canopy, a...

Newchurch Male Voice Choir is set to return after the longest break in the choir’s 55-year history. The choir is pleased to be back in rehearsal, singing together again after their COVID-19 enforced break from singing. They are keen to...