Local Community News

Wightlink has congratulated customer Gary Theobald for notching up 35 years travelling from Yarmouth to Lymington to work at the Regent Centre in Christchurch. Staff surprised the season ticket holder as he arrived at Lymington to cross the Solent with...

A popular Shanklin Optometrist has retired after over 3 decades of service to the local community. Well-wishes have been paid to Hazel Smith, who opened Hazel Smith Opticians back in December 1982. Hazel has served several generations of patients in...

The trustees of Pan Together, the charity which exists to support and provide a community hub for the residents of East Newport, have announced that Rachel Thomson has taken up the new post of Community Centre Manager. With thanks to...

8 students from Christ the King College have taken on a cycling challenge to raise funds for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. Sixth Form students Alfie and Thomas joined Year 7 students Oliver, Thomas, Sebastian, Olivia, Amelia and Lewis...

Isle of Wight-based volunteers with St John Ambulance, the volunteer-led health charity, are celebrating taking delivery of a new support vehicle which will be based at the charity’s Newport unit. The vehicle was officially presented to St John Ambulance at...

Successful Island adult learners were celebrated at a special awards evening at Ryde recently. The event, which was held at Westridge, was part of the National Festival of Learning – and 16 awards were presented by the Adult Community Learning...

The Wildlife Trusts’ annual '30 Days Wild' challenge was more popular than ever this year – 400,000 people carried out well over 10 million Random Acts of Wildness over the 30 days of June.  Throughout June, The Wildlife Trusts’ challenged...

Hundreds of people ran for Mountbatten in Sunday’s spectacular Osborne Run. For the first time since it was first held in 2017, the event featured 3 distances - 10k, 5k and 3k - which helped to attract a total of...

The NSPCC joined forces with Hampshire Constabulary last week (Tuesday 26th June) to bring their first online safety workshop to the Isle of Wight. Approximately 25 parents and carers attended a free hour-long workshop, which has been devised in partnership with...

Wessex Cancer Trust is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help Centenary Grant initiative. To celebrate Tesco’s Centenary, the supermarket has teamed up with Groundwork to deliver a special voting round of its community...