Local Community News

Under the NHS Constitution all patients have a right to choose which hospital they would like to attend to have their operation and over the last six months Island patients have been offered the opportunity to have their scheduled operations...

Island businesses have been given the opportunity to hear more about the Highways PFI and what it means for the local economy at two briefing sessions held by Island Roads. Members of the IW Federation of Small Businesses and the...

Southern Vectis was on hand to support this year’s Bloodstone Border Morris Rally, providing buses to transport the dancers and their friends and family during the event.  The rally, in aid of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, saw...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust Membership team were successful in recruiting nearly 300 new members to the Trust during the Isle of Wight Festival this year. The team were located at the Welfare tent alongside colleagues from IRIS (Island Recovery...

The launch of a new facility providing new skills training for local unemployed people wanting to secure employment was marked by an open day yesterday (Thursday). The event at Storeroom2010 was attended by Storeroom2010 staff and tutors, students, visitors and...

Tessa Crosbie and Jessica Case, pupils at Christ the King College in Newport, have won the 2015 Create & Cook Competition, retaining the award on the Isle of Wight for the second year running. The 14-year-old duo fought off stiff opposition...

Following research that has found 72% of those aged between 50 - 60 want to see fun, adrenaline-fuelled activities become more accessible to their age group, Warner Leisure Hotels have launched paddle boarding at Bembridge Coast Hotel on the Isle of...

Louis Vanassche from Northwood Kia has graduated as one of a handful of students selected to take part in a leadership programme, which has offered hands on experience and the opportunity to learn invaluable management and leadership skills, which will...

Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) has hailed this weekend’s Shipwreck Isle a sail away success as thousands of people flocked to Ryde seafront to celebrate the pirate-themed event. Shipwreck Isle – part of the DMO’s annual Festival of the Sea held to promote...

An 87-year-old boat is making the journey from the Classic Boat Museum in East Cowes to its summer home, on the water at Cowes Yacht Haven. Rosabelle, the sturdy motor launch used by renowned marine photographer, Frank Beken, has been...