Local Community News

The final 6 good causes selected to receive funding from the Isle of Wight Foundation this year have been announced. The 6 projects will receive more than £40,000, bringing the total allocated to good causes this year to more than...

The NSPCC is encouraging schools on the Isle of Wight to take part in their ‘Number Day’ on Friday 1st February 2019. Number Day is a maths-inspired fundraising day for children in nursery right through to secondary school, with free...

Following the success of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Ambulance Training and Community Response Services (ATCoRS) Restart a Heart day last October, when over 1,000 people were trained in life saving skills, the team now want to ‘adopt schools’....

Children at a Newport primary school are celebrating after lobbying successfully for path improvements near their school. Pupils in Dahl Class at Newport CE Primary School undertook a led scooter ride (Scootability), as part of the Shift It project, which...

Gurnard Gladiators Under 11's youth football team had a once in a lifetime trip to the Etihad Stadium in Manchester before Christmas. 28 youngsters and their parents travelled north on Saturday 22nd December to see Manchester City play Crystal Palace at...

There’s no greater gift than the gift of life and that’s exactly what The Wight Strollers gave again this Christmas when they donated another 2 Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Ambulance Community Defibrillator scheme....

Ryde Town Council have been left disheartened by damage caused to Christmas trees and lights in the town over the festive period. Christmas Trees in Town Square outside the Co-Operative and at Minghella Square outside Tony's Fish and Chips have...

Holidaymakers and astronomy enthusiasts on the Isle of Wight can now enjoy a magical getaway to the moon and back thanks to Janet and John Slinn, who have constructed observatories at their holiday home. Janet and John have built the...

More than 450 runners took to the start line of the fifth edition of The Abominable Snowman Tough 10 running event at Cheverton Farm in Shorwell over the festive period. The majority of the field was filled from the various...

Furnishings costing £3,686 have been provided by the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital to make the Isle of Wight hospital’s Bereavement Centre more comfortable for relatives of patients who have passed away. The centre, incorporating for the first time in...