Local Community News

A new exhibition, which combines displays drawn from Carisbrooke Castle Museum’s extensive collection of historic artefacts with contemporary artistic responses created by QuayCrafts, has recently opened and will run until 3rd November. ‘Out of the Box’ started when QuayCrafts, a group...

10th Newport Brownies had a special visit from the High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight, Gioia Minghella-Giddens, last month as part of World Thinking Day. World Thinking Day, held on 22nd February, is the annual celebration of the birthdays...

Gordon Day, a baker from Morrisons in Newport, has raised £1,562 for CLIC Sargent after recently taking part in a 14km off road run and cycle duathlon. Gordon chose to support CLIC Sargent as he knew about the charity from...

Independent Arts has received funding to support its Anxiety Café from The People’s Health Trust, securing the future of the project. The Trust has provided 2 years of funding from money raised through The Health Lottery in the South East....

Members of West Wight Men In Sheds are celebrating having been given a new home by Totland Parish Council. The group used to meet in an old maintenance shed on Totland Turf Walk, but backing has been received from Totland...

Tree consultant Wayne Isaacson is celebrating having achieved chartered status for his work on all tree related matters and is now the only Chartered Arboriculturist on the Isle of Wight. This high-level qualified grade, established by The Institute of Chartered Foresters...

A concert by the Newchurch Male Voice Choir and Cantobelle at Quay Arts in Newport raised a staggering £705 for the Island Rotary Club's’ 'End Polio Now' appeal on Sunday. Gift Aid will be added to the money raised and...

Dimbola Museum and Galleries is currently hosting a major exhibition of photographs depicting the changing face of the Isle of Wight since the 1860s. 53 black and white photographs are on display having been selected from 2 private collections totalling...

An Isle of Wight man has taken on the challenge of ridding Newport's Medina Way of rubbish - and the results are shocking. Broc Silva has expressed his anger on Facebook about the amount of rubbish that has been dumped...

The Isle of Wight's Maria and Katie Moore completed an intense cycling challenge last weekend when they rode 450 kilometres across South America from Argentina to Chile, all in aid of raising vital funds for the Genesis Research Trust. Maria...