Local Community News

Top motoring website Motors.co.uk is telling Isle of Wight drivers to strip off and stay safe this winter. According to statistics, in autumn and winter you are 11% more likely to have a car accident due to road conditions than...

Visit Isle of Wight has revealed that after two years focusing on Dinosaur Island as a summer campaign, the Destination Management Organisation will be putting the Garden Isle landscape at the heart of the marketing message for the next two...

CLA Director for the Isle of Wight, Belinda Walters, has commended Andrew Turner MP for highlighting the need for a more sustainable and affordable transport service between the island and the mainland.  Responding to the Westminster debate led by Mr...

An Isle of Wight Councillor has this week suggested Carisbrooke College on the outskirts of Newport could potentially close as a result of the amount of surplus school places on the Island and the falling number of parents sending children to the...

Southern Water’s plans to secure healthy, reliable drinking water supplies for its customers for the next 25 years have been given the green light by the Government. The company has published its Water Resources & Drought Strategy, which uses an...

The Island's Giggly Grannies Lyn Blackledge and Julie Jordan plus a host of other Islanders attended a fashion show fundraiser at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill in Ryde last Thursday, raising money for Alzhiemers research. Emma Lincoln, Health and Well being Officer...

There has been an unexpected fall in the number of people claiming the benefit Jobseekers Allowance, albeit a small decrease of 30 claimants. During September a total of 1,472 people across the Isle of Wight were claiming JSA, down from 1,502...

A couple from Sandown are to receive a special award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), recognising many years of dedication to rescuing and rehabilitating injured or sick bats. Wildlife enthusiasts Donna, 57 and Graham Street, 61 have...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, has secured Government support for a wide-ranging taskforce to consider the future of the Island’s transport infrastructure.  Mr Turner had already been involved in discussions to ask for Government assistance in considering options for the...

A new Post Office ‘local’ service is set to be offered in St Helens, meaning over 50 additional hours of trading for the village's Post Office. The Post Office terminal will sit alongside the retail till meaning an additional 51 opening...