Local Community News

Self-catering holiday company cottages.com has appointed a new Regional Manager on the Isle of Wight. Victoria Dixon, who lives in Cowes, will manage the company’s 231 properties currently available for holiday letting in the area, with a view to growing...

L-R: Simon Morris, Horticultural Technician and Rob Mew Newport Parish Council have worked in partnership with the Isle of Wight College to produce a long term solution for the flower beds in St James Square. A total of 11 Level 2 Horticulture...

Wightlink Ferries are supporting a creative arts project which invites Islanders, holidaymakers and people who cross the Solent for all kinds of reasons, to share their experiences of travelling by water. Over the next few months, singer-songwriters, poets and a...

Green-fingered students from St George’s School in Newport have reaped the benefits of their hard work by planting a number of sunflowers in the gardens at Earl Mountbatten Hospice. The sixth-form horticultural students grew the plants from seed and brought...

The RNLI was well represented at the Isle of Wight’s County Show yesterday (Sunday), with crew and visits team members from the Cowes lifeboat station, Guild members from Bembridge station, and a representative of the charity’s nationwide Lifeguard operation all...

Children from primary schools across the Island enjoyed going back in time to 1939 at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in Havenstreet this week. With activities organised by the Isle of Wight Council Heritage Service based at Carisbrooke Castle Museum,...

Colleagues and customers from Sainsbury’s stores in Newport and Sandown have raised £11,036 to support the supermarket's Local Charity of the Year, Ability Dogs 4 Young People. The 2 Island stores have supported the Sandown-based charity since May 2015 and have raised...

Over 100 people attended a memorial unveiling at Newport's Church Litten park yesterday (Wednesday), designed to remember those who lost their lives in 1943 when the area was bombed by the Nazis. The memorial was unveiled by Newport Parish Council Chairman Lois Prior...

The Country and Land Association (CLA) is urging horse owners to make sure their fields, stables and other equestrian facilities comply with planning regulations. Most developments required for equestrian purposes will require planning permission of some sort and unless the...

Rev. Mike Exell (1st IW Gold Award) 2016 sees 60 years of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and many events are being undertaken across the country and here on the Isle of Wight to celebrate. Created by the Duke,...