Local Community News

Having originally been launched in June 2019, the well-received ‘The Wight Book’ has been relaunched with an exhibition at Dimbola Museum and Galleries, Freshwater Bay. Featuring 57 unique photographs it shows the work of 10 separate photographers who worked on...

Both the new ‘corner shop’ and café at St Mary’s Hospital, run by the Friends of St Mary's, are now up and running - thanks to sterling work by staff and an army of volunteers. As a result of the...

A leap year maybe unusual for some but for Bella, who is rumoured to be the oldest living lemur in captivity, it is her 10th as tomorrow (Sunday) she will turn 38 years old! The Isle of Wight Zoo in...

Thousands of seriously ill people across Africa, who have no access to surgeons, will be treated thanks to a major new surgical training programme part-funded by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Freemasons. The £50,000 will help fund a programme specifically...

A full capacity crowd of 600 party-goers turned out eager to embrace 70’s nostalgia on Saturday night for the inaugural Jack Up The 70s event. The indoor spin-off show, organised by the team behind the popular Jack Up the Summer...

Over 250 notepads and 2 very large boxes of pens have been donated to a Newport primary school by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce. When the Chamber's Emma Spinelli found a long-lost key to a filing cabinet she...

Members of Girlguiding Isle of Wight enjoyed an afternoon of activities at Lower Hyde Holiday Park in Shanklin on Saturday in celebration of World Thinking Day. Around the World, the 10 million members of the World Association of Girl Guides...

Newborn babies across the UK are set to benefit from knitted hats -  thanks to support from Southern Vectis. The Isle of Wight bus operator is donating money from its Community Fund to help knitters at Lake Craft and Chatter...

The Very Rev Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral, eats a meat-free meal for Meat-free Monday Worshippers at Church of England churches in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight will focus on conserving God’s planet and combatting climate change...

A life-sized cloth woman has made history on the Isle of Wight by starting work to support people with learning disabilities to make informed and independent choices in life and in love. In a first for the island, Josephine, an...