Local Community News

A report by Her Majesty's inspectors of schools, Ofsted, has found that Carisbrooke College is making reasonable progress to move out of special measures. In an inspection at the end of March, the third such inspection since the school was...

A new base for two of the council’s children’s services teams was officially opened yesterday (Wednesday) by the chairman of the Isle of Wight Council, Cll Ian Ward and Cllr Richard Priest, Executive member for children’s services and education. The...

The Earl Mountbatten Hospice (EMH) has earned a presidential seal of approval. Nan McCreadie, the first female President of Rotary International Britain and Ireland, recently visited the hospice to see facilities at its John Cheverton Centre. Nan and other Rotary...

Andrew Turner held a meeting last week with Prisons Minister Jeremy Wright MP to discuss the proposed plan for two wind turbines in Parkhurst Forest by Partnerships for Renewables (PfR), a London based developer of onshore wind turbine projects on publicly...

UPDATED: A Dementia Awareness Day organised by the Memory Service is being held at St Mary's Hospital next Wednesday. ***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED***  The Awareness Day, running on Wednesday 16th April 2014 between 10:00 and 15:00 in the Conference Room...

Nettlecombe Farm in Whitwell has secured a place in the finals of the prestigious VisitEngland (VE) Awards for Excellence 2014, it has been announced.  After winning Gold earlier this year at the regional Tourism South East Beautiful South Awards, Nettlecombe’s...

To celebrate English Tourism Week, which ran from 29th March to 6th April, the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner  joined Tom Ransom of Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) on a new “Taste” Round the Island cycle route, part of a new...

Wightlink are running a revised timetable on their Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service tomorrow (Wednesday). The revision to the timetable has been put in place due to staff sickness. Sailings from Lymington will depart at: 0535, 0725, 0915, 1100, 1245, 1430,...

An Isle of Wight based choir has produced a new recording of the national anthem which will be used at citizenship ceremonies on the Island. The council has been using a recording which does not contain the words of the...

Southern Vectis has announced a revised timetable for its bus services across the Island for the forthcoming summer season.  The operator has taken on board customer feedback from a recent survey and made changes to many routes, including diverting route...