Local Community News

The Needles Breezer is back on the road for the summer season, giving visitors to the Isle of Wight front row seats to its stunning west coast sights. The special Southern Vectis open top service offers passengers a one hour...

The first MP’s surgery held in Newport’s foodbank was a ‘very useful session’ according to the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner.  The drop-in surgery last Friday morning, in the Church on the Roundabout, was the first held to coincide with the...

Winning numbers for 26th March 2014 4 – 11 – 19 – 29 Incredibly, it is a rollover once again so next weeks Jackpot continues to rise and is a whopping £4700! Lifeboat Lotto has been set up by a...

The next meeting of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Board, being held tomorrow at 09:30, has been moved from St Mary’s Hospital to the nearby Innovation Centre on St Cross Business Park, Newport due to the ongoing Norovirus outbreak. Members...

VIDEO: A professionally produced film promoting the attractions of Ventnor town and its soon to be opened Enterprise Centre has been launched today (Tuesday). Following the grant of a 26-year lease of the former Ventnor Coastal Centre building and its...

Damage to a boat trailer in Ryde at the weekend has sparked Police to search for witnesses. The trailer, which belongs to the Kite Surf School, was parked at Appley Car Park yesterday (Sunday) when it was damaged sometime between...

The number of patients with diarrhoea and vomiting due to norovirus at St Mary’s Hospital is significantly decreasing thanks to the actions of staff, patients and visitors. As the Trust continues to deal with a small number of new cases,...

The Cowes floating bridge will be taken out of service from 7th April for its annual refit and inspection by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It is anticipated the work will take about a week, although may it be longer depending...

Our local weather partners, Isle of Wight Weather, are warning of an increased risk of ice this evening and overnight into Monday morning. The skies will clear tonight and this will allow the temperatures to drop rather quickly, leading to...

The government has warned the trust behind two Island schools that they are not to take on any further schools and to consolidate the work it does in the existing 77 education establishments run by them. Academies Enterprise Trust (AET)...