Local Community News

In the lead up to the General Election, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) was keen to engage with all Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs) in order to ensure that small businesses were a key consideration for the next Government. The...

Freshwater Bay has been selected as one of nine national seaside locations to stage a UK charity’s fundraising walk, thanks to Wightlink’s support to bring the event to the Isle of Wight. Wightlink is an official supporter of the Family...

Thousands of walkers from all walks of life turned out to support Earl Mountbatten Hospice on Sunday and take part in the 25th anniversary of Walk the Wight. There were spectacular scenes across the Island throughout the day, as walkers...

A company offering a luggage carrying service to Festival revellers are looking for volunteers to work this years Isle of Wight Festival, with a free wristband on offer in exchange for your time. Volunteers are required to work just 16...

PICTURE GALLERY: Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Awards have celebrated the excellence in commissioning and primary care across the Island, with the awards presented in front of a three hundred strong audience at Cowes Yacht Haven late last month....

The Isle of Wight Council’s parks service in conjunction with grounds maintenance contractor John O’Conner Ltd invited the 8th Ryde Methodist Brownies, under the guidance of Caroline Seaward, to participate in the annual planting of bedding displays along Ryde Seafront...

Hovertravel’s terminal in Ryde is now selling Isle of Wight Lottery Scratch cards costing just £1 each, but giving customers the chance to win up to £1,000. Scratch cards were launched on the Isle of Wight on 1st April aimed...

Fun and fundraising came brilliantly together at and around Cowes RNLI’s lifeboat station on May Day, as hundreds of people responded to an invitation to participate in a Yellow Wellie event. The Yellow Wellie title was particularly appropriate on The...

Staff at Newport’s Matalan store will be among the thousands supporting Earl Mountbatten Hospice’s Walk the Wight – and they won’t even be leaving the store to do it. Many staff will instead be fitting themselves with pedometers and clocking...

Following the successful roll out of their ‘Be A 999 Hero’ Schools initiative in schools across the county, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) will be launching a full Education Programme in September this year.  The Education...