Local Community News

A 3-generation family bakery in Ryde has been recognised with a national award for the way it navigated its way through the first COVID-19 lockdown. Graces Bakery, which was established by the Redrup family in 1997, received the award from...

WightAID has recorded a bumper year of charitable donations with over £138,000 given to good causes on the Isle of Wight. Those behind the foundation are warning that more support is required to help the community through difficult times ahead....

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has released a new safety advice video for anyone considering taking a dip in the sea this winter. With the restrictions imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19, huge numbers of people took to...

With 1 month to go until the big day, Aspire Ryde have launched their Christmas Appeal to help those in need across the festive period. Focussing on those experiencing isolation and loneliness, and families in financial distress the appeal will...

For the first time since lockdown in March, Binstead Guides met face to face at the beginning of November and there was a surprise in store for the unit leader. Binstead Guides were very pleased to meet up again but...

To help combat loneliness among the local elderly community this winter, Home Instead Senior Care Isle of Wight has launched a gift-giving campaign in support of Age UK Isle of Wight’s ongoing ‘No One Should Have No One’ project. Before...

Ian Jones, a former healthcare worker from the Isle of Wight, is out of hospital and on the road to recovery after surviving an Indian Black King Cobra bite - but he has been left blind and has paralysis in...

After 4 years apart, Isle of Wight-based Electro/Alternative Rock Band Last Chance City have officially reformed. They are set to release their latest single 'Their Front Page' on 1st December. The message delivered via the lyrical content echoes the current...

Islander Natasha Lambert BEM, multi-award-winning disabled sailor and adventurer from Cowes, set off from Gran Canaria yesterday (Sunday) for her latest challenge, the Atlantic. Natasha has Athetoid Cerebral Palsy and gets around with the use of a wheelchair but thanks...

A twinning association marrying the towns of Cowes on the Isle of Wight and Deauville in France has been wound up. Earlier this year, Island Echo reported that a declining membership could have resulted in the end of the Cowes...