Local Community News

Southern Vectis is offering free trips on its popular Needles Breezer for those wishing to travel across the Island on Valentine’s Day. The bus operator will provide the travel on a first come first served basis leaving Yarmouth Bus Station...

An innovative social media campaign, aimed at raising the profile of the Isle of Wight’s diverse festival scene, has led to Wightlink and its PR agency, Flagship Consulting, being shortlisted in the prestigious Travel Marketing Awards. The ferry operator invested...

Barnardo’s is launching an urgent appeal for funds to respond to a massive surge in child sexual exploitation cases referred to the charity in the South East. In 2014 Barnardo’s worked with 235 sexually exploited, or ‘at risk’ children in...

Wightlink has announced 2015 dates for its popular Meet the Managers customer consultation events. Following the success of the sessions in 2014, Chief Executive Russell Kew, Chief Operating Officer John Burrows and other senior managers will be listening to customers’...

With the evenings growing longer and the 2015 summer of sailing starting to appear on the horizon, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust are busy making plans for one of their busiest seasons yet. Thanks to an additional £25,000 in funding...

Around 50 Guides who are members of Girlguiding Isle of Wight attended a ‘Badge Day’ earlier this month. Held at St George’s School, Newport on Sunday 1st February, the day was organised by Guide leaders and was planned to enable...

Walkers along the Shide to Blackwater cycle track will now see a new plaque in continuing memory of the seismologist John Milne. Newport Parish Council, in collaboration with the Landscape Group, has renewed and re sited a plaque damaged during...

Last Thursday (29th January), all GCSE Drama and A Level Theatre studies students at Christ the King College attended a workshop with award winning Theatre designer Ellen Nabarro. Ellen has designed productions at the Donmar Warehouse, National Theatre and Gielgud...

Local charity Independent Arts has announced the launch of Creative Café, after receiving funding from Spectrum Housing Community Fund. The Creative Café is a regular group for older people providing a different and exciting creative activity along with an opportunity to...

A new overnight suite and quiet room has been created at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice to enable families to remain close to their loved ones at the end of their lives. The newly-built and decorated facility includes a bedroom area,...