Local Community News

It’s the thought that counts at Cowes RNLI lifeboat station, when it comes to 11-year-old Bianca Flanders and her 6-year-old sister Clarissa. After paying a visit to the station with their mother during Cowes Week the girls went away determined...

A team that are preparing to row 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Antigua are looking for a rower to join in an event of a much smaller kind - rowing across the Solent between Southsea and Ryde. The...

Veterans of the Suez Canal conflict and their partners have toured a local brewery this week, giving generously to a fund for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice in the process. Island Brewery welcomed the group of gentlemen and a few of their wives...

12-year-old Jude Beaton from Petersfield cycled around the Isle of Wight in just 7 hours on Bank Holiday Monday. Jude and his dad Neil took just 7 hours - including 3 food breaks - to complete the famously tough cycle route known for the...

L-R: Jonathan Wilkes, Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts with dancer Spencer Darlaston-Jones and Paul Ludlow, Senior Vice President of P&O Cruises.  A talented young dancer from the Isle of Wight has his sights set on stardom thanks to sponsorship from P&O...

Claire Sells, an illustrator based in South Wight, has recently self-published a 30 page full colour children's book titled "Rabbits and Their Night-Time Habits - The Amusing Adventures of Missy and Mr. Bun".  Inspired by her 2 pet rabbits of...

L-R: Simon Butler, Stephen Hendey, Rufus Reader, Jayden Batchelor, Robert Taylor with Coach Michael Haynes // Amey An Isle of Wight junior football team will sport a new kit this season after teaming up with Amey. The Isle of Wight Community Club Under...

The weather gods shone kindly on the Samaritans' Swim the Solent event last Sunday (14th August) so that the 42 swimmers and their 43 escorting kayakers crossed from Hurst Castle to Colwell Bay in ideal conditions. This annual fundraising event is a crucial...

Enthusiastic Island cyclists have been trained as ride leaders, through the national British Cycling ‘Ride Social’ campaign and the local ‘Isle Be Active’ campaign. The team of nine new ride leaders will be able to lead cycle rides across the...

Birds, butterflies and bees are welcome in gardens locally with new research revealing that people on the Isle of Wight are big fans of wildlife visitors. The survey by housebuilder Barratt Homes, which has a number of developments on the...