Local Community News

TDG Tree Services will once again be busy collecting real Christmas trees during the first week of January, as the company brings back its fundraising initiative - this year in aid of the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. Households can...

Brading Haven Yacht Club is has been shortlisted for the 2022 RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year Award. Celebrating the achievements of sailing clubs, Brading Haven Yacht Club joins 9 other clubs on the shortlist of finalists....

In December 1921, a Brownie Pack was formed in the Isle of Wight town of East Cowes. This pack, now called a unit, has been meeting ever since. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, both Brownies and Guides flourished in East...

Families on the Isle of Wight who have been touched by cancer are invited to take a Christmas break on the mainland by Wightlink and the sailing charity Sail 4 Cancer. ‘Sail 4 Cancer’ (part of the 4 Cancer Group)...

Members of Cowes RNLI lifeboat welcomed quadriplegic cerebral palsy sufferer Natasha Lambert to the station’s boathouse, to thank her for her extraordinary fundraising crossing of the Atlantic. The 3,000-mile crossing from Gran Canaria to St Lucia on the specially adapted...

Medina College is the first school on the Island to have planted trees for the Queen's Green Canopy. With a focus on planting sustainability, the Queens Green Canopy is encouraging the planting of trees to create a legacy in honour...

The Isle of Wight College's DofE Manager, Terry Gaskin, has received Royal recognition for his exceptional dedication to supporting young people to do their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Terry has run the DofE at The Isle of Wight College for...

Maureen Sullivan this week takes a look at December and the festive season ahead... Welcome to the last theatre column of 2021 – where did the year go? As we prepare to celebrate Christmas and New Year, what better way...

Hampshire Fare, the county food and drink group, visited the Isle of Wight last week for a special road tour and networking event. Tracy Nash, Commercial Manager, Hampshire Fare, welcomed everyone to the networking event held at Caffe Isola in...

Search and rescue organisation WightSAR has received a welcome gift on its tenth anniversary – a £16,000 cheque from the Isle of Wight Foundation. The money will help the organisation buy and adapt a much-needed new command vehicle to replace...