Local Community News

Members of the Royal Marines association on the Isle of wight have joined forces with team members on the mainland in an 80 day charity event to raise crucial funds. The event began on 1st September and is due to...

The Morrisons Foundation has donated £4,000 to Solent Rescue, a sea rescue and lifeboat charity based at Lepe Country Park on the other side of the Solent. The support from the Morrisons Foundation has enabled the charity to purchase vital...

With this year's London Marathon cancelled, Islanders Sara Coombes and Laura Holme are instead going to be taking part in their own fundraising event to raise money for the Rob Hill Foundation. The pair, who are sisters-in-law, will be making...

Allen Wood and his 5-year-old daughter, Eleanor, from St Lawrence, managed to rescue a ray which was trapped under rocks at Woody Bay last weekend (Saturday). Allen's wife, Hazel, says the ray would have remained trapped had her husband not...

A live album featuring Isle of Wight guitarist Matt Kellett and New York Dolls legend Johnny Thunders was released this month as part of a 3CD box set re-issue of the New York rockers last studio album, Que Sera. The...

South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY) has welcomed their new youth worker, Jack Norridge. Jack will work across the SWAY’s area and be involved in youth groups, assemblies and activities along with Andy Dorning, the lead youth worker. Jack comes...

More than 200 men attended a prostate cancer screening session in Cowes on Saturday (26th September) at an event organised by the Isle of Wight Prostate Cancer Support Group. Blood samples were taken by a team of phlebotomists in COVID-secure...

The Isle of Wight MS Society has received its Queens Award for Voluntary Service from the Isle of Wight Lord Lieutenant Susie Sheldon and Dr Nick England, at their shop in Shanklin. The award is for their amazing work in...

Following a record month of supporting Islanders with employment and family issues, Citizens Advice Isle of Wight is seeking volunteers to help keep their website up to date. Citizens Advice CEO, Paul Savill, said: “People are increasingly looking for information...

The RSPCA is urging people in Hampshire to lobby their MPs to vote to ban lower welfare imports when the Agriculture Bill returns to the Commons in early October (Wednesday 7 October). Earlier this week, (22/9/20) the Lords voted through...