Local Community News

Firefighters attended a large bonfire in the West Wight during the early hours of this morning (Friday) after an eagle-eyed member of the public spotted the fire in the distance. The unattended bonfire on Fort Warden Road, Totland was extinguished...

Lake Parish Council chairman Dave Hardy has been appointed to the board of local health and social care watchdog Healthwatch Isle of Wight. Mr Hardy, who has played an active role in serving the Island community since his move here...

The Isle of Wight Council has been told its bid for funding under the government's latest Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) has been successful. The local authority will now find out in the autumn how much money it will receive...

Just as the Shanklin Main Carnival drew to a close yesterday evening (Wednesday), Shanklin Fire Station were alerted to a flooded flat in the town. One appliance, which led the carnival parade, was sent to Avenue Road after a flat...

The Isle of Wight Council has been working in partnership with Shanklin Town Council to organise works to cut back overgrown vegetation at Keats Green on the cliff path. For sometime the vegetation had been blocking the sea views across...

An Island postman has been spared jail after stealing thousands of letters over a near three year period. Former Royal Mail employee Sam Ross of Wootton admitted his guilt at the Isle of Wight Crown Court to having stolen over...

The Isle of Wight Council's public health service is encouraging families on the Island to get active as part of a national scheme.  The government's Change4Life project has launched the '10 Minute Shake-up' scheme which aims to encourage children to...

The Isle of Wight Council  has welcomed a parliamentary order signed by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles that allows the media and public to film and digitally report from all public meetings of local government bodies.  With social and digital media growing increasingly...

Over the next two weeks the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, will be visiting many Island towns and villages carrying out his mobile Summer Surgery. The programme gives Island people the opportunity to talk to their MP about any concerns or...

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office for later today (Tuesday). Heavy rain is expected to spread from the southwest this evening, affecting many areas overnight before clearing early on Wednesday morning. 20-40mm...