Local Community News

Of the near £135,000 given to St Mary’s Hospital for equipment and other items by the Friends charity in the last bidding round, a significant sum of £28,000 went on the very latest portable ultra-sound machine for the Diagnostic Imaging...

Newport Primary School has been judged as making reasonable progress in its journey to step out of special measures following its third monitoring inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectors, Ofsted. The school regulator noted that the pupil’s progress is improving in Reading,...

Bestival’s world of wonder grows ever wilder this September with side-splitting action in the splendid Spiegeltent featuring a cavalcade of comedians that’s guaranteed to make you do an actual LOL. World renowned comedian & ventriloquist Nina Conti, who has been blowing crowds away...

Students leaving Christ the King College sixth Form have raised £500 for the Joe Ellis Trust Fund. The “Unofficial” leavers’ party, held on Friday in a marquee in the garden of Cllr Chris Whitehouse, who represents the ward of Newport West in which...

The Isle of Wight Council has said it is delighted that the Island is now to be included in the Coastal Access Act 2009 and is grateful for the enthusiastic campaign led by the ramblers both locally and nationally. The...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an assault on a woman in Ryde last Friday (4th July). The incident took place a week ago on Nicholson Road in the town at around 15:00, when a woman who was...

Leisureplex Hotels, sister company of coach holiday operator Alfa Travel, have this week announced the purchase of The Shanklin Hotel.  Leisureplex has been catering for clients on coach holidays for over 30 years in top seaside resorts throughout Great Britain....

The proposed Maritime Conservation Zone between Yarmouth to Cowes, which covers an area from Fort Victoria to Gurnard, could mean that moorings, anchoring and dredging operations are banned or severely restricted, according to the Commodore of Yarmouth Sailing Club. Commodore...

Hundreds gathered in Newport Town Centre this afternoon (Thursday) to pay their respects and say goodbye to Joe Ellis, a brave 13-year-old Island boy who sadly lost his battle with cancer earlier this month. Leading the funeral procession, police officer Simon Ellis -...

Even the tiniest amount of blood in your pee can be an early indication that something is wrong - that is the message from clinical staff at St Mary’s Hospital in support of the national ‘Blood in Pee’ campaign which...