Local Community News

Storeroom2010, an Island charity that not only provides affordable second hand furniture for those in need but also provides training for the unemployed, is once again offering free carpentry training to unemployed Island residents aged over 18. The course, which will...

Some 120 people attended a packed meeting in the Methodist Church, Brighstone on Wednesday to discuss the Blanchard’s Field Development - a proposed major housing development in the rural village of Brighstone. The two-hour meeting heard the development team, lead...

Members of the Isle of Wight Council's Executive will meet on Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to the authority's home to school transport policy.  In June, the council held a consultation on three proposed changes to the current policy. These...

The council’s Executive is to consider allocating up to £500,000 from the council’s capital programme contingency budget for a scheme at the section of Undercliff Drive affected by a landslide earlier this year. At its meeting on 7th July, the...

The important work of keeping patients safe and making sure they receive the highest quality of care possible is being further strengthened at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust. A trio of senior staff is now in place to oversee...

VIDEO: An Isle of Wight film maker, who has established a following on the internet with his aerial videos of the island, has used his skills to capture stunning never-seen-before views of Queen Victoria’s seaside home, Osborne House. Seb Godsmark...

The Isle of Wight Day at Westminster on Tuesday saw approximately 200 journalists, MPs and business investors in attendance throughout the day and has been hailed a great success. Isle of Wight Day was the result of a collaboration between the...

The life-saving Ryde Rescue 1 lifeboat, damaged following a vandalism attack in July, is set to return to Ryde Inshore Rescue later today (Wednesday) following repairs to its tubes. As previously reported by Island Echo, both Ryde Rescue 1 and...

Sara Weech has been appointed the new Chair of Earl Mountbatten Hospice’s Board of Trustees, it has been announced. St Helens resident Sara, who has considerable experience within the NHS and voluntary sector, takes over the chairmanship from the outgoing...

Since 1888 three generations of the Beken family- Frank, Keith and Kenneth (along with Peter Mumford) - have produced a mammoth archive of some one million plus marine photographic  images, which have now been put up for sale with a...