Local Community News

The Garlic Festival will be back again in August and it returns with an all-female team. The women have ambitious plans to make sure the Island’s biggest summer show highlights everything that’s great about the Isle of Wight. Expect another...

Companies and individuals from across the Island have been celebrated at the Isle of Wight Radio Best in Business Awards 2020, sponsored by Red Squirrel Property Shop. The awards saw over 2,500 nominations cast, with several hundred businesses on the...

To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday (5th March), the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is giving away thousands of books in braille and audio formats for children with vision impairment across the South East. The selection of...

Put a spring in your step and help Islanders affected by cancer by taking part in Move it May for Wessex Cancer Trust. Whether you want to organise a group work out, take on a personal challenge or host your...

The latest LinkedIn Local event - and the first for 2020 - was held at Ventnor Winter Gardens last week. Sponsored by WightFibre this saw over 50 LinkedIn users coming together to develop new opportunities across the Island and to...

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has announced the appointment of the Isle of Wight's Revd Dr Amanda Bloor as the new Archdeacon of Cleveland. Amanda is currently priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge and Assistant Diocesan Director of...

An Isle of Wight-based company has been named one of the best businesses in Rural Britain after winning an Amazon-backed Rural Business Award. Nettlecombe Farm from Whitwell was named Best Rural Tourism Business at the national final of the Rural...

The Isle of Wight technically has everything you need to survive. You don’t need to visit the mainland. You can get all of your groceries, take part in loads of outdoor activities, and generally live a very good life. Just...

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...