Local Community News

The Island Savoyards have chosen Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat as the charity to benefit from money raised from the sale of programme at the upcoming performance of Sister Act the Musical. Based on the iconic 1992 movie starring Whoopi...

Members of the Carisbrooke community along with family and friends gathered together for the annual St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School summer fair. Children were able to have a go at slime-making and take part in an egg-catching competition, which became...

50 years after Bob Dylan made his now legendary appearance at the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival, the great troubadour has made a remarkable gesture to a new festival about to honour the anniversary. Previously unpublished and unheard Dylan composition...

A team of 11 cyclists from the Isle of Wight are on their way to Spain as part of a charity fundraising ride in memory of their friend, Darren Andrew. The 'Always with D' team set off from St Thomas...

A new community access defibrillator has been installed outside Lifeline Fire & Security's offices at Riverway in Newport, thanks to the efforts of Lifeline, Medina Foodservice, Buywise and Premier Ford. Over 30,000 people suffer from sudden cardiac arrest at home...

A photography master class and helping to sort donations are just some of the innovative ways young people taking part in the National Citizenship Scheme (NCS) are supporting Mountbatten this week. The teenagers are taking part in the 3-week NCS...

29 fundraising individuals will take to the skies above the Isle of Wight in a tandem skydive in aid of The Wight Brainy Bunch tomorrow (Wednesday). This will be the third year that the Island-based charity has taken part in...

Katie Rapson from ORCA Experts from ORCA were on board Wightlink’s flagship Victoria of Wight last weekend scanning the Solent for signs of cetaceans - the collective name for whales, dolphins and porpoises. It was the fifth year the ferry...

A beautiful blue butterfly which has been struggling for the last 40 years could be making a comeback, wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has revealed. The Common Blue is the most widespread of the UK’s blue butterflies and during the record-breaking...

L-R Sue Godden, Esther Knight, Dave Woodward, Denyse Larner, Jon Gilbey, Mayor Steve Knight and Karl Stedman Crafternooners, a group of community knitters from Shanklin, have created a collection of 'blankets of love' as part of Shanklin Carnival week. The...