Local Community News

A Newport man has received a medal for living with diabetes for 70 years, despite being told by doctors he had just 10 days to live when he was aged 4. Donald Hunt, 75, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes...

A 40ft Pinnace naval gunboat, which was first commissioned back in 1898, is back on the water this week following a restoration project by Islanders Arron and Tina French. The historic vessel, which was known simply as M33, was originally...

West Wight Sports & Community Centre are celebrating the first year success of their Creating Opportunities in Our Kitchen 'COOK' project. Since the launch of COOK last year, a total of 18 people have been supported through the project, as...

An Isle of Wight school is celebrating a major milestone in helping its students get active. 10 pupils at Lanesend Primary School in Cowes have run 150 miles since March 2017. Pupils across the school have been clocking up the...

Ventnor Men’s Shed has moved to a well-equipped Portakabin workshop at Boniface Fields, opposite the old St Boniface Primary School on Leeson Road. The move has been facilitated by the Ventnor Town Council, which intends to base several community groups...

The Island's MP, Bob Seely, has shown his support for local charity Independent Arts by attending a 'DanceMakers' session on Friday (19th January). DanceMakers is a gentle, creative dance programme that offers older people the chance to participate in 6 different groups...

The Island's MP is urging all Island schools and pupils to enter poetry, art and songs into a competition to honour the centenary marking the end of the First World War. The 'Never Such Innocence' initiative is again running the...

A Newport family who’s son underwent gruelling treatment following a shock cancer diagnosis in February last year are calling on locals to back a campaign to support the charity that helped them through it all.  In the build up to...

The chair of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, the leader of the Isle of Wight Council and the chair of the Clinical Commission Group have today (Monday) said thank you to all who, regardless of their organisation, have worked and...

The grey water and sky over the central Solent was cheered up yesterday (Saturday) when 8 lifeboats added a splash of bright orange to the seascape for the annual get together of Solent lifeboat stations. RNLI and Independent lifeboats from...