Local Community News

The Island’s MP has headed for a meeting in London this afternoon (Tuesday), to raise with Maritime Minister John Hayes MP a threat to the prosperity of UK ports by the European Port Services Regulation (EPSR).  The meeting comes as...

A newly developed all-weather attraction has been opened at Ventnor Botanic Gardens. With displays, videos, and historical artefacts, the new Heritage Centre explores the history of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest that once occupied the site....

A 20-year-old student from the Isle of Wight is currently one of 30 contestants competing in the first Miss England semi final heat for 2015. The public vote is now well underway and Yasmin Black, a programme co-ordinator from Ventnor, needs...

Life in Cowes, like the rest of the country, underwent fundamental changes between 1910-1920 – and this is reflected in the latest Cowes Heritage exhibition: A Decade of Change. Being staged for nearly three weeks this month at Regatta House,...

The Isle of Wight Council's leisure facilities are now operating new phone numbers to make it easier for customers to contact them.  Customers will have the choice to either ring a new main number for general enquiries where they can...

Neilson, the leading specialists in active holidays, has teamed up with youth charity UKSA to provide funded training for those who want to work for them as yacht trainers, yacht skippers or watersports instructors. Anyone wanting to work on the...

Local beekeepers are buzzing in anticipation for the annual Isle of Wight Honey Show, which is due to be held on Saturday  8th November at Arreton Community Hall.  The show displays local honey, beeswax and hive products which include mead and cookery...

As National Customer Service Week gets underway, local business Red Funnel is putting in a trio of measures to ensure every passenger gets the very best service as they travel to and from the Isle of Wight. From 6th to...

Her Majesty's inspector of schools, Ofsted, have said that the improvement plan for Clatterford Tuition Centre is not fit for purpose following a Section 8 inspection at the school last month. The specialist pupil referral unit on the outskirts of Newport,...

Island residents are being offered the chance to join health and social care professionals at an event, The Dementia Pathway Review, to help improve life for those living with dementia on the Island. The event, which will take place at...