Local Community News

Sainsbury’s stores across the Island are calling for schools to cook up a treat as part of the Active Kids Superstar Cooks competition for the chance to win £10,000 of new kitchen equipment and an exclusive dance lesson with competition...

Police are this week investigating a fight in Ryde which left a man with a serious head injury and are appealing for help to identify a man wanted in connection with the incident. Officers were called to Union Street at...

UPDATED: The Cowes Floating Bridge will be in operation for pedestrians only between 20:00 and 00:30 for a total of four nights over the next week. On the evenings of 24th, 25th, 26th and 29th September, vehicles will not be able...

Hundreds of Brownies from across the Island joined their leaders for the last of the special events which have celebrated the Big Brownie Birthday - 100 years of the Brownies - during 2014. After the Masked Ball held in January...

A new £13m undersea cable linking the Isle of Wight to the mainland has been completed ahead of schedule by Southern Electric Power Distribution, making the electricity supply on the Island more robust and resilient than ever. The high voltage...

Two Wetherspoon pubs on the Isle of Wight have been acclaimed for the quality of their real ale – by branch members of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Both S. Fowler & Co. in Union Street, Ryde and The...

The historic Ventnor Park has been awarded the Park of the Year Award at the South and South East England in Bloom Awards. It is the first time one of the Isle of Wight Council’s parks has been named park...

Members of the Brading Residents' Action Group (BRAG), the residents' association for the Brading area, have setup a Facebook page called 'Brading Blog'. The page has alright highlighted issues such as works on Quay Lane and is keeping local residents...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, has welcomed the news this morning (Friday) that Scotland has voted to remain within the UK but says that a new constitutional settlement is needed. He says it is unfair for Scotland to continue to receive...

A special service has been held to rededicate the chapel at Earl Mountbatten Hospice in Newport. The service, held on Friday 12th September, followed significant work to extend and improve the chapel under the Space Utilisation, Refurbishment and Enhancement (SURE)...