Local Community News

Campaigners supporting the Victoria Recreation Ground and Pavilion in Newport have been left stunned today (Friday) that their online open letter to the leader of the Isle of Wight Council smashed through their initial target of 100 signatories in just...

A new online map has been launched by the Isle of Wight Council to help local communities look up and understand planning policies affecting their area. The facility on the council’s iwight.com website is interactive and searchable and brings together...

Members of the public on the Isle of Wight are being invited to join in with Yorkshire Building Society’s 150th anniversary celebrations by nominating small charities and good causes in their community to receive a share of £150,000. Yorkshire Building...

Patients and staff are able to now make full use of the sunshine when taking meals  at the  Full Circle Restaurant. Thanks to a Friends donation of nearly £1,700, the hospital is able to purchase five eight-seater heavy duty picnic...

The Met Office have once again issued an unseasonable yellow weather warning for heavy rain across the Isle of Wight. Heavy showers and thunderstorms are set to become more widespread throughout today (Thursday), with the focus of the heaviest downpours...

VIDEO: A new song titled 'Breathe with me' has been released in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, as one of many initiatives to mark the Trust’s 50th anniversary year. Most people don’t understand what cystic fibrosis is, or what...

Have you been issued with a set of crutches and not returned them? Island residents are being asked to search their homes and return any pairs of crutches or any other items of NHS equipment that is no longer needed,...

Staff at an opticians in Ryde are taking on the mammoth task of walking 828.2 miles on a treadmill to raise money for local charity, Caring Cancer Trust. Throughout July and August staff members at Specsavers, located at 39 High...

Of course the sailing has been great for competitors, except  when races were cancelled due to lack of wind on Thursday and Friday, social events have been held all over the town and with good sunshine throughout  most days this...

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics today (Wednesday) show a continued fall in the amount of people claiming the unemployment benefit Jobseekers Allowance on the Isle of Wight. During July, 1,624 people were claiming JSA across the Island, a fall...