Local Community News

The plethora of NHS career opportunities on offer on the Isle of Wight is to be showcased at an event targeting secondary school students and anyone who might be interested in a career within the healthcare setting, later this month....

With winter fast approaching, WaterSafe, water companies in the UK and the Met Office are advising homeowners to wrap up their homes as well as themselves to stay safe this season. Cold temperatures can cause water inside pipes to freeze...

People who gave the ultimate gift of life through organ donation have been honoured posthumously at an award ceremony in Winchester. The Order of St John award for Organ Donation, run in conjunction with NHS Blood and Transplant, has been...

Thousands of green fingered school children across the Isle of Wight are set to receive free trees as the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity marks a historic tree planting milestone. Over the last year the Woodland Trust will have planted a...

Anyone living or visiting the Island over the age of 50 is being invited to join, inform and shape the direction of an ambitious and exciting project to make the Isle of Wight a great place to grow old. The...

Since the Centenary of Scouting in 2007, the number of Scouts on the Isle of Wight has increased by around 6% per year and in the 9 months of this year, the number of young people in the Isle of Wight...

A Nurse Manager at St Mary’s Hospital has become a nurse fellow in the holistic care of older people. Diane Goring was selected as one of twelve nurses nationally to undertake the Older Persons Nurse Fellowship at Kings College London...

A striking continental butterfly has emerged on the South Coast in record numbers for the second time in three years, Butterfly Conservation (BC) has revealed. More than 60 Long-tailed Blue butterflies have been seen from Suffolk to Dorset since August...

UPDATED: The Island's Army Cadets, part of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Army Cadet Force, are looking to take on new recruits. C Company are running a recruitment event in St James Square, Newport from 09:00-14:00 on Saturday (7th November)...

Island Charity Feline Welfare and Pet Doctors Veterinary clinics on the Isle of Wight have joined forces to try and combat over population of feline friends. Many cat owners are unable to afford the costs of neutering and therefore unwanted...