Local Community News

School leaders at Ryde Academy have introduced a new careers guidance programme to ensure Year 11 and Year 13 students do not suffer from the school being closed due to the current lockdown. Ryde Academy is part of the Academies...

Rew Valley Youth Football Club is asking members of the local community to use the football ground respectfully after a recent spate of vandalism. The club are happy for people to keep active by kicking a ball around or taking...

The Governor of HMP Isle of Wight has shaved his head — minus the eyebrows — in aid of the local hospice and NHS Charities. Dougie Graham, who is head of HMP Isle of Wight, has gotten rid of the...

The Isle of Wight Melodic Choir haven’t let the lockdown stop them joining together to record a song for charity. Members of the choir have recorded harmonies and sections of the emotive song ‘Rise Up’ by Andra Day from their...

A wooden comb from the Yarmouth Roads wreck Islanders are being invited to explore 2 very different Isle of Wight shipwrecks in a new online exhibition. The Isle of Wight Heritage Service looks after thousands of fascinating objects that relate...

20 years ago Quay Arts, the Isle of Wight's arts centre, mounted an exhibition called 'My Millennium' featuring 13,626 self-portraits of Island children and young people. Now, with the Island in lockdown, Quay Arts are reviving this idea with an...

The Isle of Wight Trust is sharing a collection of short films titled ‘Day by Day’ to help boost the health and wellbeing of Islanders during the coronavirus pandemic. Originally made to benefit those unable to go outside due to...

Nurse Danielle should have been getting married to fiancé Pete this week, but instead she spent her ‘wedding day’ working at the COVID-19 testing site in Newport. Her teammates at the 1Leisure Medina testing facility wanted to make sure she...

Butterflies Bereavement Support has extended its services further in response to requests from across the community. The support network continues to deliver services across the Isle of Wight during the COVID-19 pandemic and has now established 3 online support groups....

Are you looking for something the family can do this half term? With libraries and museums closed due to the coronavirus crisis, the Isle of Wight Council have put together an exciting programme of online activities to bring some 'virtual'...