Local Community News

Hairdressing expert Gloria Holloway is returning to her beloved Isle of Wight and opening a new vintage salon and boutique in Spring Hill, Ventnor more than 50 years after first setting up shop in the town. Gloria opened her first...

Currently showing at Dimbola Galleries and Museum in Freshwater Bay is an exhibition entitled ‘Plants in a Different Light’. This collection has been mounted by Jan Ramscar, who has utilised botanical projections called photograms. Using plant materials as the basis...

The Isle of Wight's Admiral Nursing Team have helped a total of 281 people with dementia, 290 carers and multiple family members in their first year of providing vital support to local residents. With a high number of older people...

2 neighbouring councillors in Ryde have gone flipping mad this week, raising money for the Isle of Wight Foodbank in the process. In 2017, Ryde East Councillor Michael Lilley established an annual pancake flipping contest to raise awareness about poverty...

An Isle of Wight family, who stayed at a charity ‘Home from Home’ for free whilst their son was undergoing gruelling cancer treatment, are backing an appeal to transform a former bed and breakfast in Southampton into a new haven...

Cheryl Hadland, Managing Director of Tops Day Nurseries Tops Day Nurseries have pledged to remove glitter from all 19 day nurseries across the South Coast, including here on the Isle of Wight, following the discovery of how much damage the...

A special Valentine’s card, designed and hand made by Bini Atkinson, from the Island’s ‘Save Our NHS’ group, was presented to staff at Isle of Wight NHS Trust today (Wednesday).   The card, signed by people from across the Island, was...

Staff from Morrisons in Newport banded together with CLIC Sargent on World Cancer Day 2018 - Sunday 4th February - to raise awareness of how cancer affects children and young people and to also raise vital funds. As the UK’s...

Photos: Isle of Wight Girlguiding 8th Ryde Brownies and their leaders have been looking at what happens to the Island’s refuse, as well as what the world is doing about all the rubbish that is discarded. Gill Mulcahy from Amey recently...

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has launched a photo competition with a top prize of £1,000 aimed at showcasing the landscapes and people of the great British countryside. In addition to capturing beautiful and unique rural landscapes, the...