Local Community News

2 Island-based charities are to receive a donation of £2,050 each from Cowes' Yokogawa Marex to help support the those most in need on the Isle of Wight over the Christmas period. Staff from the software solutions company decided that...

Class teacher Mrs Lucy Aram handing over Jo Jigsaw at Cowes Yacht Haven Pupils at Brighstone CE Aided Primary School are closely following the progress of inspirational sailor Natasha Lambert who has adopted their school mascot as a crew member...

Residents are being reminded that there is still time to take part in a major survey which will help decide how services are provided to older people on the Island in the future. The online survey is being run by...

A British documentary producer is searching for unseen footage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on the Isle of Wight as part of the largest global hunt for undiscovered film or photographs of the royal couple ever undertaken. Emily Dalton...

Monkey Haven, which has re-opened its doors to the public today (Friday), has welcomed a baby Capuchin called Pumpkin. Baby Pumpkin arrived on Halloween, giving the keepers a bit of a trick and a treat. They had suspected that Malou...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) has announced that grants from the #iwill Fund are now available for community groups, charities and voluntary organisations working with young people across the region. The #iwill programme is designed to...

Families and young people joined a South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY) zoom session last week and cooked cottage pie for the household to eat and enjoy as part of their pilot ‘Box Project’. Lots of chat and banter was...

Ahead of Small Business Saturday (5th December), the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is urging people to support rural businesses in the run-up to Christmas by buying locally and celebrating the quality of produce and products available. CLA South...

The funeral of Station Commander Eddy Woodford will take place on Tuesday 8th December. Freshwater Fire Crew will be leading the funeral cortege onboard H79P1 and Eddy’s wife Pauline and daughter Helen would like to invite the West Wight community...

Sandown residents are celebrating after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode. The Chelsfield Avenue neighbours netted the windfall when PO36 9NP was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Tuesday 1st December 2020. People’s...