Local Community News

Wight Event Toilets, a new local company founded by two brothers, is now up and running on the Isle of Wight. Ollie and Sam Haines currently own When Nature Calls, a luxury vacuum toilet business travelling high and low across the...

BAFTA-nominated TV show Don’t Tell the Bride is back for a brand new series in 2016 and the production company behind it, Renegade Pictures, are looking for an Isle of Wight couple to star in the show.  Don't Tell the...

Devon-based marketing agency, SW1 have announced a new sponsorship arrangement with Cowes Sailability - In exchange for digital marketing services, the SW1 brand will be emblazoned on one of the charity’s vessels, Dougal II. Cowes Sailability is a charitable organisation,...

People from across the South coast with a passion for the UK’s coastline are being invited to help make history by being part of the largest coastal marine citizen science project ever undertaken. The £1.7m Capturing Our Coast project, funded through...

The Wightlink Warriors speedway team have started their commitment to support community events whenever possible by backing the latest Godshill Players production. The group of amateur thespians have raised significant sums of money over the years and this year's 3...

Dolly, a 3-year-old rescue cat from the Cat Adoption Centre in Ryde, has been found safe and well some 5 weeks after disappearing from her adoptive home in Cowes. Dolly trekked over a mile to Cowes Yacht Haven where she boarded...

VIP Cottages has announced that it has just become the first Island-based holiday letting agency to be awarded the internationally recognised marque of Quality in Tourism - Quality Accredited Agency.  The Quality in Tourism Accreditation process rigorously assesses the policies, practices...

The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust plans to help over 650 young people in recovery from cancer in 2016 – almost 250 more than 2015. The Trust, which was established 12 years ago by internationally renowned yachtswoman, Dame Ellen MacArthur, gives...

A new support group has been set up at Earl Mountbatten Hospice to assist anyone on the Island suffering with Lymphoedema. Lymphoedema is a painful, long-term condition that causes swelling in the body's tissues, affecting any part of the body...

Sainsbury’s in Newport is providing an in-store Christmas card recycling service to support the Forest Stewardship Council UK to help protect the world’s forests.  Between 26th December and 13th January, customers can recycle their Christmas cards via an in-store collection point...