Local Community News

People using the Isle of Wight’s Lymphoedema Service, based at Earl Mountbatten Hospice, will soon benefit from a new piece of equipment thanks to another charity’s fundraising efforts. The Isle of Wight Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus has presented...

Patients can be hoisted in and out of wheelchairs with the minimum of distress, while maintaining their dignity, thanks to the Friends of St Mary's. The Occupational Therapy department at St Mary’s Hospital has been gifted a portable free-standing gantry...

A Big Art Auction is being held to help raise funds for St Helen Primary School and their aim of launching a library bus. Over 1oo pieces of artwork - ranging from photographs to paintings - have been put into the...

The Isle of Wight’s Max Cowley has announced the release of his debut music video for the single 'Take It Love It Hate It’. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter’s single is an upbeat pop song featuring live bass and guitar, something quite rare to his...

New research commissioned by the RNLI has revealed that more than half (51%) of people in the South East would follow a potentially life-threatening instinct if they fell unexpectedly into water. As the RNLI’s national drowning prevention campaign Respect the Water...

Age UK Isle of Wight now has it’s very own Men’s Shed located to the rear of its head office in Newport. Open every Wednesday afternoon at 147 High Street, the Newport Shed welcomes men of all ages. It offers...

Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) Critical Care Team Vehicle has become the first of its type to sport its own personalised registration plate; HA10 WAA. The registration plate, an acronym for Hampshire...

First time buyers on the Isle of Wight are turning to Bluebell Meadows for the perfect place to call home. The Barratt Homes development, situated in Newport, features a range of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with views over the...

The Isle of Wight Glass Museum, situated at Arreton Barns, has celebrated its first anniversary. The new attraction showcases the rich history of glassmaking on the Island and further afield too with around 1,100 exhibits on 2 floors. The museum has...

Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for the Isle of Wight, Julian Critchley, attended a meeting of the Island’s Visually Impaired People group at Yelf’s Hotel in Ryde on Saturday. The potential MP listened to the group's concerns about support for visually impaired...