Local Community News

Ricky Santos and Rob Rackstraw This year’s Creating Waves competition winner, from the Isle of Wight, has had his own radio ad script brought to life by a professional voice actor. The national radio script writing competition Creating Waves 2016 culminated this...

Once again this year the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, is offering 50 Island residents the opportunity to travel to London, with a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. This year’s trip will take place on Tuesday 29th November.  A Southern...

The Needles Landmark Attraction has produced a video with local music legend Derek Sandy to encourage more people to visit the Isle of Wight. The video, shot exclusively at the landmark attraction and around Freshwater Bay, is soundtracked by one...

A ‘Zombie Maze’ and the ‘Haunted Woodland’ were just 2 of the new Halloween attractions that thrilled visitors to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway during Wizard Week. The Railway introduced its annual October half term Wizard Week in 2006...

L-R: Jax Jones from EMH being presented with £250 from Philip Weeks of HRD The Hose Rhodes Dickson property sales team at Bembridge were over the moon recently, when a customer was so pleased with the exceptional service levels and...

Carisbrooke Guides presenting £205.85 to Macmillan volunteer Christine Lloyd Brownies from the 11th Newport unit and Guides from 1st Carisbrooke have recently been giving support to Macmillan Isle of Wight. Both units held coffee events –the Brownies organised a coffee...

An Accuvein Scanner has been provided by the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital for Afton Ward at the hospital’s Sevenacres site. Purchase of the scanner and stand, at a cost to the charity of £4,400, means that staff at Afton...

Youngsters from across the Island and the mainland who belong to the RNLI’s junior organisation, Storm Force, were given a thorough but enjoyable insight into the lifesaving work of the charity at Cowes Lifeboat Station this weekend. Station volunteers turned...

A pair of loved-up gnomes from Cheshire enjoyed their first Red Funnel experience as they were spotted heading to the Isle of Wight to start their new lives together.   Complete with luggage, the happy couple were gladly received at...

Following numerous fundraising events and years of collective effort, with the help of many hundreds of supporters, Friends of the Animals has been able to purchase 17a Riverway in Newport, which has been the charity’s base for the past 6 years. The achievement...