Local Community News

Cowes-based youth charity UKSA is running the National Citizen Service on the Isle of Wight and is looking for community projects to benefit from the assistance of young Islanders. The national programme will see 90 young Island residents take on...

26-year-old Robyn Downer, leader of the Girlguiding IW Senior Section 'The Bay Rangers', has gained her Queen’s Guide Award- the first member of Girlguiding IW to do so since 2003. Having gained confidence participating in the Queen's Guide Award, Robyn...

With Easter just around the corner, Red Funnel is unveiling its new spring food menu on its Southampton-East Cowes route. The new spring range focuses heavily on local produce sourced from the Isle of Wight and includes a ratatouille tart...

The Newchurch Male Voice Choir have presented a cheque for £1138 to a local charity. The group handed over the cheque on Friday to the Isle of Wight Association for Spina-Bifida and Hydrocephalus for monies raised from collections at each...

Ongoing support by Island Freemasons for the annual Earl Mountbatten Hospice calendar has reached a welcome cash milestone. Each year since 2006, Freemasons from all 16 local lodges have sold the popular calendar and their efforts this year helped push...

DECADeANCE, the annual event famous for putting the fun into fundraising has handed over its latest cash donation to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice - a groovy £6,500. The dance and party event at Cowes Yacht Haven has grown steadily and...

Isle of Wight operator Southern Vectis is issuing a challenge to other bus firms across Britain - by stating its routes are the most spectacular in the country. The open-top Needles Breezer service follows the island’s dramatic Jurassic coastline and...

Compton Bay has been named as one of the world’s top beaches by the Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Listed in the latest issue (April 2015) of this highly respected travel magazine, Compton Bay is included in the “top 50 best...

The Island's MP, Andrew Turner, says this week's budget shows the country's long-term economic plan is working. In the House of Commons this week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his final budget of this Parliament. Mr Osborne began...

The innovative use of an Island nursing home to support the NHS through this winter has been highlighted in a BBC One programme that went to air last night (Thursday). On Monday, staff and patients at both the Rehabilitation Ward at...