Local Community News

Cory Williams, Operations Director at Medina Foodservice, has had the rare opportunity to get behind the scenes at The Royal’s 2AA Rosette kitchen. Shadowing Head Chef Steven Harris and his team across a typical split shift, he was invited to get...

Island residents are being encouraged to help shape the council’s spending and priorities for the year ahead – by taking part in an online budget survey launched on the iwight.com website. The survey - which can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/budget_engagement...

The Isle of Wight, with its three high-profile RNLI lifeboat stations, is very much the heartland of the charity declared the RNLI's Chief Executive, Paul Boissier, speaking at the annual meeting of the Isle of Wight Lifeboat Board held at...

10 of the world’s best ice climbers took on the challenge of ascending sheer cliffs of chalk – one of the most difficult materials to climb – as the first ever Red Bull White Cliffs competition came to the Isle...

A grand tree in Rylstone Gardens, believed to be hundreds of years old, has fallen after strong winds battered the Island. Much to the sadness of locals, the tree was found on its side yesterday morning (Tuesday) with its roots...

UPDATED: Wightlink's catamaran service is set to be disrupted tomorrow (Wednesday) due to a technical problem. The 06:40 sailing from Portsmouth to Ryde Pier Head has been cancelled with the 07:10; 08:10 and 09:10 from Ryde being operated by a charter...

Preparations are under way for the biggest, most exciting event of the summer for young people in the South East – the Big Bang Fair South East 2015 – and the event will be bigger and better than ever. The...

Organisations are being invited to bid to funding of £15,500 to provide youth activities in Sandown as part of the Isle of Wight Council's new youth offer. The funding, which is to cover a two and half year period until...

In a progressive step, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s Board of Trustees have appointed their first young person in recovery from cancer to the Board, welcoming 21-year-old Claire Amaladoss to the team. For Claire, who first sailed with the Trust...

The annual Isle of Wight Autumn Walking Weekend takes place this coming weekend, with a huge variety of walks available. They range from toddles to challenging and the serious to the quirky. Organised by the Isle of Wight Council and...