Local Community News

Sandown is set to become a community of lifesavers after the Isle of Wight Zoo was awarded a grant by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) enabling the Zoo to have its existing defibrillator relocated. The Zoo has held a defibrillator...

Julie Wannop Corney and Wurzel Tommy Banner West Country favourites The Wurzels attracted a sell-out crowd of around 500 people to Brickfields on Saturday night. The veteran ‘Zider’ drinkers still know how to party and they helped raise £5,300 for...

Doreen (left) pictured with other Travelodge colleagues Islander Doreen West, a team member at Newport's Travelodge hotel, has been crowned Travelodge Breakfast Champion and won an all-expenses paid trip of a lifetime - an exclusive tour of Lavazza’s coffee plant in...

FYT bus, a charity organisation in the West Wight, held the public launch of its brand new buses and passenger timetables for its local community services yesterday (Thursday). The Island's High Sheriff,  Robin Courage MBE attended the launch, which allowed the local...

Isle of Wight based firm Wight Locations have been awarded ‘Quality Accredited Agency’ status by Visit England's Quality in Tourism. Wight Location’s policies, practices and procedures have been scrutinised and the agency has been awarded a marque of quality. This confirmation of...

Less than a year since launching their ‘Be A 999 Hero’ education programme,  Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) have delivered their life saving message to over 20,000 children in schools, clubs and nurseries across Hampshire and the...

More than 50 teachers from primary and secondary schools across the Isle of Wight met recently to find out about how to support personal development, behaviour and welfare within their schools, at Westridge Community Learning Centre in Ryde. The aim...

L-R: Bugler Aaron Hall, Bugler Mike Thomas, Bugler Lewis Crowe, Cpl Bugler Kerrie Merrell-Silk, Bugler Alex Elliot and Cpl Bugler Stuart Bartlett It’s one of the smallest counties in the country, but the Isle of Wight is certainly making a...

The Isle of Wight Green Party is backing the Marine Conservation Society’s Plastic Challenge, to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the sea. Fish and other marine life are absorbing plastic waste that can last for many years, disintegrating into tiny pieces. Microbeads...

A total of 65 Rainbows and 6 Brownies from Girlguiding IW, together with their leaders from units across the Island, visited Adventure Wonderland in Hurn, Dorset recently. All the girls were met at the gate of this popular attraction by Alice, the...