Local Community News

Isle of Wight Pearl hosted their fifth Leaflet Exchange last Friday (1st March) and it was a huge success with 24 exhibitors attending the event. The exchange event allows Isle of Wight attractions to promote their businesses to accommodation providers...

Pupils from Nine Acres Community Primary School are celebrating World Book Day today (Thursday) with a bundle of brand new books for their school library, donated by local supermarket Morrisons. The books have been gifted to Nine Acres Primary School...

It’s a big 'hats off' to Islanders who have supported the latest Mountbatten fundraising initiative, Hats for the Hospice. This year saw a fabulous response to the campaign from all sides of the Island, from hat mufti days in schools,...

The Isle of Wight Youth Trust is seeking young people, aged between 18 and 24, to join the over 18s Youth Trust Mental Health Taskforce and make a difference to mental health on the Island. The award-winning Taskforce, which is...

People crossing the Solent with Wightlink are learning more about life beneath the waves this spring and summer, thanks to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. In 2018, the Trust was awarded £640,300 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund...

Councillors took on a flipping good challenge in a bid to become the 'greatest tosser' in Ryde this morning (Tuesday) - whilst also raising awareness of 2 serious causes. In what has now become an annual tradition, Councillor Michael Lilley and...

A special prize giving ceremony was held at the Sir Max Aitken Museum in Cowes on Friday after Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) set young Islanders a challenge to design and produce a landmark which could be sited on the Cowes Harbour...

Do you know an inspirational young Island person who deserves recognition for their efforts?  Nominations for this year’s Isle of Wight Radio Child of Wight Awards, with WightFibre, are now open. The 2019 Child of Wight Awards provide the perfect...

2 of the Isle of Wight's Freemason Lodges came together recently to fundraise for Jean’s House in Southampton. Jean’s House is a CLIC Sargent 'Home from Home' that helps families whose child is being treated for cancer at Southampton Hospital....

L-R: Carol Court, Cllr Lilley and Grete Steen The second annual Papa Owl Awards were held in Ryde last week, celebrating invention, creativity, skill development, creative thought and fighting against the odds to achieve extraordinary things on the Isle of...