Local Community News

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...

The Island’s MP Andrew Turner has set up a second discussion group meeting following on from the first meeting held a few months ago at which employment was discussed.   The meeting will be about the National Health Service and...

The first sporting event to be organised by the Isle of Wight Council's new community sport activators has been arranged.  Earlier this year, the council secured £250,000 in funding from Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund to set up a...

Healthwatch Isle of Wight is reminding residents to have their say on the health and social care issues they want it to prioritise for the coming year, as its survey draws to a close. The health and social care watchdog,...

Christ the King College students were celebrating their first ever A-Level results on a day which saw 100% of students gaining their University applications - The same group of students who remained with Christ the King and gained outstanding GCSE...