Local Community News

A surprise Christmas lunch is being held at the Andrew Younie Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde for 50 members of the local community this afternoon (Thursday). All of the guests sitting down to enjoy the free Christmas meal have been nominated by...

Families whose loved ones donated the gift of life to others have been recognised in a ceremony on the Island. The award takes the form of a pin badge and a scroll signed by The Grand Prior of the Order...

A cheque totalling £29,788.84 has recently been presented by employees of J.P. Morgan Bournemouth to the Cowes-based Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. The funds were raised during this year's J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race held in July -...

An Islander is spreading his wings and enjoying a new found freedom thanks to his ability dog Sheriff, who quite literally changed his life 'overnight'. 17-year-old Jon has autism and has struggled with severe anxieties. Everything was a challenge for...

2 lucky sisters from Ventnor will have their design feature on The Royal Hotel’s Christmas card for 2016, after winning a design competition. The budding artists, 7-year-old Anna Copping and her 9-year-old sister, Chloe, will see their designs distributed to...

Seagrove Ward's winning entry sourced from the Island's coastline 20 different departments and teams at St Mary's Hospital have been battling it out in the hope of being crowned champions of this year's Christmas Tree competition, whilst also providing decorative pieces...

Yellow Door have received some much welcome support on the Island by way of a cheque for £10,000, which was presented by The Wight Aid Foundation Trustee, Rob Da Bank earlier this week. YD Co-ordinator, Jane Winson and her Island team...

Michelle Moon, a Youth Project Manager from the West Wight Sports & Community Centre, has recently joined over 2,000 Duke of Edinburgh Award leaders at a special ceremony in London. Last month Michelle made her way to Westminster Abbey after...

People Matter IW and The Independent Living Centre have retained their internationally recognised ISO 9001 accreditation. ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for a quality management system and can be used by any organisation, large or small, regardless of its...

L-R: Issac Jones and Tulisa Mitchell from Snow Leopard class Over 300 pupils at Newport CE Primary school proved they were a wow on wheels recently when they took part in a Whizzing Wheels week, organised by the charity Sustrans....