Local Community News

Sandown Rotary has generously given Sandown Green Town volunteers 3,000 purple crocus corms for planting across Sandown this autumn in support of the Purple4Purple campaign. Rotary Great Britain and Ireland have launched the Purple4Purple campaign to raise funds and awareness...

Shoppers in Hampshire and here on the Isle of Wight are being urged to buy from, and celebrate, their local and independent businesses in a pre-Christmas campaign led by Britain’s biggest business representation group. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)...

Residents are overjoyed at Orchard House care home in Newport as Barchester Healthcare has opened a dedicated indoor visiting suite for residents to continue to spend time with their loved ones during the winter season. The designated visiting suite has...

Around 1,700 people supported by Mountbatten on the Isle of Wight will receive a special gift from the charity this Christmas. With regular Christmas events not possible due to the pandemic, Mountbatten has created its Love not Loneliness campaign to...

The local district of the National Education Union shared a little cheer this week by providing some heroes for the Isle of Wight's school heroes. Treasurer Spencer Brown has delivered tubs of Heroes to NEU members across 54 educational establishments...

Family, friends and colleagues of Gary Slater will pay tribute to the much-loved Southern Vectis driver on Friday, when he is laid to rest. Gary had been a member of the bus operator’s close-knit team since 1984 when he joined...

Tributes have been paid to former Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service firefighter Eddy Woodford, who sadly died at home on 20th November. Eddy was the Station Commander for Freshwater Fire Station and gave 31 years of dedicated service...

The events of 28th November 1940 at Apse Manor Airfield - and the death of RAF Pilot Archibald Patrick Lyall - have been recounted in a film with contributions by Retired Air Vice-Marshal Tony Stables CBE, Royal British Legion Isle...

St Helens Parish Council is bringing some festive cheer to the village with Chairman John Coleman unveiling the village's Christmas Tree in time for the relaxation of the COVID-19 guidance in December. Cllr Coleman said: "It's been a challenging year...

Wightlink has supported the Salvation Army to take groceries and presents across the Solent to make food boxes for families in need on the Isle of Wight. A van load of supplies crossed from Portsmouth to Fishbourne this week in...