Local Community News

A team of fostering staff from the Isle of Wight Council have helped raise awareness of fostering by competing in The Great South run at the weekend.  Wearing eye catching pink and orange running vests promoting the fostering service, the...

Canine Partners is urgently seeking volunteers to become puppy parents on the Island to train assistance dogs. The registered charity, which provides assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities, is specifically looking for people who can take a puppy into...

Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) has launched its first online consultation aimed at assisting the Commission during a major review of the vision, strategic objectives, plans and policies for Cowes Harbour. Now that construction of the new Cowes breakwater is progressing...

Between August and October of this year, elected Island Youth MP Will Matthews took part in the annual Make Your Mark ballot, the largest consultation of young people in the country, which has been hailed as a great success for...

Ryde Pier is set to feature on BBC1’s Countryfile programme this coming weekend. Presenter Matt Baker spent a day on Britain’s oldest pier with members of the Wightlink team and Project Manager Jerry Burch from Trant Engineering; the company which...

A greatly improved Earl Mountbatten Hospice shop in Ventnor is now open following a major refurbishment. Volunteers joined staff and customers - as well as the Hospice’s Minion supporters – at the official opening of the store on Saturday. Bob...

Members of the public are being reminded to take extra care during the upcoming fire strike period– particularly as it covers a time when Halloween and early Guy Fawkes Night activities will be taking place. As previously reported, members of the...

The Island’s healthcare system is under sustained pressure and Islanders are being asked to help by making sure they only use hospital services if they really need to, and consider making use of the 111 non-emergency helpline. Unusually for this...

With Halloween approaching, the Isle of Wight Council is working with a local cookery academy to encourage residents not to generate food waste but instead use parts of pumpkins to make meals.  Many people will be buying pumpkins to make Halloween...

The Island’s NHS is supporting a national campaign to encourage people to seek early help from their local pharmacist if they’re feeling under the weather.   The campaign is urging older people to seek advice early to prevent a minor...