Local Community News

Island-born journalist and broadcaster, John Hannam, who has interviewed over 5,000 people in his 48 year career in the media, is all set to launch his fourth book since 2016. 'More Wight Connections', which has a foreword by Level 42's...

6-year-old Connie Jackson joined her grandparents, Viv and Garry Willis, when they performed a mini pop concert for charity outside their Appley home last Saturday. More than 50 people, including Mayor of Ryde Cllr Michael Lilley, watched and listened as...

Numerous recent sightings of a moth that became extinct in the UK in the 1960s suggest that it has recolonised and is now breeding across southern Britain. The Clifden Nonpareil, whose name means ‘beyond compare’, is one of the largest...

The quality of life for an Isle of Wight patient living with Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been considerably improved thanks to the specialist work of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Orthotics and Prosthetics Service. The Orthotics team at St....

Cyclists who took part in Sunday’s End2End helped to raise more than £6,000 for Mountbatten. Challenging weather did not deter more than 250 people from taking part in the ride from Culver to the Needles Old Battery and back. It...

Wootton-based Brightbulb Design has raised £1,350 for the Caring Cancer Trust as part of their charity of the year scheme. The money has been raised over the course of a year, through a social media digital raffle as well as...

Newport and Carisbrooke Parish Council have unveiled a new town map in order to help visitors and local people discover and find their way around Newport. The map, jointly funded by NCPC and a £3,000 grant from IW Chamber of...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely is encouraging primary schools to get involved with ‘Voice Box’ - an annual joke-telling competition to build school children’s communication skills. Secondary school students are also invited to take part in a digital media competition...

Richard Lodge and Jason Evans of Isle of Wight firm Rightwire Ltd are taking on the Pompeii or Bust Challenge, driving a car worth scrap value from the Isle of Wight to Italy in aid of Mountbatten. The car of...

Emerging and established artists are invited to submit works in any medium for Quay Arts’ biennial OPEN Exhibition 2019 themed and titled ‘A Life in Nature’. Quay Arts are looking for works, in particular, relating to wildlife and geology, reflecting...