Local Community News

A busy road in Shanklin has reopened this afternoon following a partial collapse of the carriageway earlier this month. Landguard Road has been closed for the past three weeks after a large hole appeared in the road at the junction...

English Heritage has launched a recruitment programme for volunteers to take part in the new Childhood at Osborne project which launches at the Swiss Cottage in April 2014.  At least 15 posts have been created and an open morning is...

The Isle of Wight College has announced an exciting new investment worth close to £6.5m to develop a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Centre. Debbie Lavin, Principal of the Isle of Wight College, has confirmed that funding had...

UPDATED: Hovertravel has looked at the cost and conditions of commuting from the Island against the conditions of commuting in the capital. With Hovertravel, unlike on the tube, you are guaranteed a seat and if you need assistance you are...

The number of Island residents claiming the unemployment benefit Jobseekers Allowance has fallen considerably year-on-year, it has been announced by the Office for National Statistics. In December 2013, 3080 people were claiming JSA compared to 3701 in December 2012 - a...

The Chief Executive of Visit Isle of Wight, David Thornton, is set to deliver a major presentation to the recently launched Island Business Forum setting out the tourism promotion organisation’s strategies to attract more visitors to the Island and to...

Winning numbers for 22nd January 2014 07 — 16 — 28 — 29 Incredibly, it is a rollover once again so next weeks Jackpot continues to rise and is a whopping £3800! Lifeboat Lotto has been set up by a...

100 UK fish and chip shops, including Corries Cabin in Cowes, exceeded all expectations by smashing the fundraising target of £10,000 for the Fishermen’s Mission. The shops, hailing from all corners of the UK, all came good and raised £10,273...

Westminster-based communications agency Whitehouse Consultancy, which is run by Isle of Wight Councillor Chris Whitehouse (Conservative, Newport West), has been reappointed by the National Obesity Forum to manage National Obesity Awareness Week 2015. The announcement follows the successful inaugural awareness...

The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for fog overnight and into tomorrow morning (Tuesday). Patchy fog will form in places throughout this evening, perhaps becoming more widespread overnight and into Tuesday morning with visibility falling below 200 metres....