Local Community News

Police are this week investigating an attempted robbery and assault on a 20-year-old man in Newport. The young man was walking along Nelson Road in Newport sometime between midnight and 00:30 on Thursday (2nd October) when he spoke to two...

Changes to the Isle of Wight Council Executive have been finalised this week, as Council leader Ian Stephens takes up a role by the Local Government Association as a member of the Leadership Board and Chairman of the Culture, Tourism and...

An island-wide campaign is being launched to encourage anyone who thinks they may have been exposed to risk of contracting hepatitis C to get themselves tested at a community pharmacy. The Isle of Wight is leading the way in community...

Wightlink has made a considerable investment in a brand new website, which has gone live this morning (Wednesday). Customers can now see at a glance the Service Status of Wightlink’s fleet on the company’s three cross-Solent routes and links to...

The Island’s MP has headed for a meeting in London this afternoon (Tuesday), to raise with Maritime Minister John Hayes MP a threat to the prosperity of UK ports by the European Port Services Regulation (EPSR).  The meeting comes as...

A newly developed all-weather attraction has been opened at Ventnor Botanic Gardens. With displays, videos, and historical artefacts, the new Heritage Centre explores the history of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest that once occupied the site....

A 20-year-old student from the Isle of Wight is currently one of 30 contestants competing in the first Miss England semi final heat for 2015. The public vote is now well underway and Yasmin Black, a programme co-ordinator from Ventnor, needs...

Life in Cowes, like the rest of the country, underwent fundamental changes between 1910-1920 – and this is reflected in the latest Cowes Heritage exhibition: A Decade of Change. Being staged for nearly three weeks this month at Regatta House,...

The Isle of Wight Council's leisure facilities are now operating new phone numbers to make it easier for customers to contact them.  Customers will have the choice to either ring a new main number for general enquiries where they can...

Neilson, the leading specialists in active holidays, has teamed up with youth charity UKSA to provide funded training for those who want to work for them as yacht trainers, yacht skippers or watersports instructors. Anyone wanting to work on the...