Local Community News

A new heritage trail has been produced for West Wight thanks to funding from the Isle of Wight Council’s Active Travel Innovation Grant. The guide covers important historical figures from West Wight with extra focus on Freshwater Bay which has...

Maureen Sullivan provides us with her latest column - a review of the much-anticipated return from lockdown restrictions by Bembridge Little Theatre Club: 'Full Circle'. Bembridge Little Theatre Club is to be warmly congratulated on 2 counts – first, for...

Year 5 school children from 5 local primary schools have taken part in a competition to design the planting of 6 seafront flower beds at Ryde. The innovative ‘Heritage Horticulture’ initiative, led by Jenna Sabine of Monkton Arts, saw students...

Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust has announced that its popular Ride&Stride event has raised over £80,000, despite the pandemic. The Trust, a registered charity, raises funds towards the upkeep of 900 historic church buildings in Hampshire and the...

An Isle of Wight man has been successful in the challenge he set himself to play 100 holes of golf in just one day. On Saturday 26th June, Iron Man Steve Orchard (as he is known at Freshwater Bay Golf...

An Isle of Wight Children's author-illustrator has announced her latest novel, which is loosely based on the Isle of Wight and its historic links with smuggling. Elizabeth Morley takes her inspiration for her fourth book, The Smugglers of Hog's Head...

Photo: Hayley Osborne An Isle of Wight youngster has had his dreams of being a police officer come true thanks to the work of a team of emergency service personnel. 4-year-old Freddie has had an obsession with the boys and...

This June, wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has launched a brand-new garden survey, ‘Map your log pile’, to help save endangered stag beetles and other wildlife. PTES is asking anyone with a garden or access to a...

Local arts for wellbeing charity, Independent Arts, has announced announce its forthcoming Looking Out From Lockdown tour, taking place at various venues across the Isle of Wight this summer. Looking Out From Lockdown is an Island-wide project celebrating the creativity...

Can you imagine going 24 hours without your phone, tablet, personal computer, or gaming devices? This is the tough sponsored challenge set by Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sargent) to support children and young people with cancer this September...