Local Community News

While stop and search is undoubtedly an important police power, when it is misused it can be counter-productive and can be an enormous waste of police time and, when innocent people are stopped and searched for no good reason, it...

The Island’s MP Andrew Turner is holding an Apprenticeship Event on Saturday 13th September between 10:00 and 14:00 at the Riverside Centre and is urging local residents to explore the apprenticeship opportunities available here on the Island. All leading Isle...

Motorcyclists from across the Isle of Wight are being invited to take part in a road safety course to be held next month. The popular BikeSafe course, which will take place at Ryde Fire Station on Sunday 14th September, is...

Island-based class leading offshore wind crew transfer vessel operator Seacat Services has concluded the first of many apprentice recruitment drives with the award of a dozen opportunities to the next generation of offshore renewable energy seafarers. The firm is now...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is joining organisers of Cycle to Work Day and encouraging their employees to pledge to cycle to work on Thursday 4th September 2014. Last year’s event saw tens of thousands of cyclists taking part nationally....

VIDEO: This bank holiday weekend includes the Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally and our roads will become busier than normal. Most of the scooter riders will be visitors to our Island and may not be sure of the roads,...

Cowes Harbour Commission are reminding mariners of the exclusion zone in place in Cowes Harbour during the construction work of a new breakwater. The Cowes Breakwater Project construction programme is wholly contained within an Exclusion Zone marked by large, lit...

VIDEO: St John Ambulance is calling on parents all across the country to learn first aid, as new research shows that they would be more likely to let their children play outside if they felt confident in administering first aid....

A church in Ventnor has been told to silence their hourly chime following a single complaint to the Isle of Wight Council. Holy Trinity Church near Bonchurch has been told that the noise the bells make is a nuisance and...

Provisional GCSE results show a significant improvement for some schools on the Isle of Wight, although the overall proportion achieving five A* to C GCSE passes, including English and mathematics, has declined slightly from 2013.  Results reported by the Island’s...