Local Community News

Winning numbers for 2nd October 2013 12 — 22 — 24 — 25 Incredibly, it is a rollover once again, so next weeks Jackpot is whopping £2,400! Lifeboat Lotto has been set up by a team of people with over...

A lively meeting of the Island Technology Group took place at the Landguard Manor home of Innovative Physics recently, which was attended by a number of students and staff from Christ the King College to discuss how they can become...

Career Academies UK, the charity which links young people to the real world of work, is seeking e-mentors from across Isle of Wight for its new Career Ready programme. The call comes in response to overwhelming demand for places on...

A Ryde man has this week received a suspended sentence after leaving his fingerprint at the scene of a burglary in Hampshire. Shane Hollister, 24 and of Pell Lane in Ryde, received a 12 month suspended sentence at Southampton Crown...

In her first major announcement as the Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Andrea Sutcliffe has outlined her priorities for transforming how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will monitor, inspect and regulate care homes and other adult social care services,...

Police on the Isle of Wight are this week appealing for a motorist to contact them following a road traffic collision in Freshwater last month. The incident occurred at about 00:30 on the morning of Sunday 29th September in the...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust are urging motorists and pedestrians using Dodnor Lane, bordering St Mary’s Hospital,  to exercise caution tomorrow, particularly  around the Dodnor Lane entrance to the Hospital site opposite ITS. Maintenance work on the Ambulance Station garage door...

Local author, Vav Simon, from Ryde, is giving away copies of her book 'Old Magic in Everyday Life' to celebrate her first year as a published author. In her book Vav tells stories, both humorous and heart-breaking, of her childhood...

Local author, Philip Bell, of Island publisher Beachy Books, has been published in an anthology of bedtime stories called The Book of Bedtime Stories by Walker Books. Philip's story, Bedtime at the Lighthouse, is based on a real experience of...

The public is being invited to have a key input into how the Isle of Wight Council plans what services it is able to deliver in the future via a series of budget engagement events across the Island. The council is...