Local Community News

A senior Isle of Wight Councillor will be heading out to Moldova to see the work volunteers are doing to support Ukrainian refugees. East Cowes Town Councillor and Isle of Wight Council cabinet member for adult social care, Councillor Karl Love,...

Wightlink has announced that 15 Isle of Wight primary schools will receive a share of around £10,000 from the ferry company to support local environmental projects.  The schools – from all over the Island - are the first to benefit...

The Cinnamon Trust are looking for dog walking volunteers to help a Sandown resident and their dog who would love to go for a good walk. The Cinnamon Trust is the national charity whose volunteers help people over retirement age...

The late Bob Edney The Isle of Wight Green Gym has been crowned the inaugural winners of the Bob Edney Countryside Conservation Award. Volunteers from the Isle of Wight Green Gym recently celebrated at Fort Victoria Country Park as they...

Dimbola Museum and Galleries in Freshwater welcomed artists and guests at the opening of the latest exhibition: Creative Cross Currents. This new exhibition, which runs until 5th June, brings together the work of 21st century visual artists, Jeremy Bear, Sunara...

100 girls and leaders from 6 Isle of Wight Girlguiding units travelled to Legoland Windsor last weekend (2nd/3rd April). With perfect warm and sunny weather, it was just the right time to take those rides and enjoy all the fun....

This Friday, the Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg will release their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album. Since unleashing their first single in June last year, things have moved at lightning speed for the Island's very own Rhian Teasdale and Hester...

I took my seat at Shanklin Theatre for the first show in a three-performance run feeling slightly puzzled. I’d heard of Orpheus – but not that he rocked – and what was the ‘And More’? I was to find out...

The Phoenix Choir launched themselves into the first of a full programme of live concerts for 2022 at East Cowes Town Hall on Saturday (2nd April). The concert was a joyous occasion, sang to a near capacity audience, after a...

RSPCA Animal Care Assistant Vanessa Cox is taking on the gruelling Isle of Wight Challenge to raise vital funds for ongoing work to provide emergency treatment for animals. Vanessa will be walking 106 kilometres around the Island between 30th April-1st...