Local Community News

The Isle of Wight Council is improving its library service by introducing two new mobile library vehicles. They are replacing the existing two vehicles which are several years old and have recently suffered mechanical problems. The two new Mercedes vans...

Theresa Mercer, from Lake is the 2000th new member of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust. Theresa signed up to become a member of the Foundation Trust when she saw an advertisement in the local media. Teresa volunteers at the...

Artwork by 2012 winner, 11-year old Izzy Shepard from Royal Southampton Yacht Club, has once again been selected by the AAM Cowes Week panel as the best entry into the Junior Art competition. This year Izzy wowed the judging panel...

The 2012/13 Quality Account for Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been published. Speaking at the Trust’s inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 31st July, Executive Director of Nursing and Workforce, Alan Sheward paid tribute to all the staff...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has just completed the installation of a new Memorial to mark and identify the ancient Burial Ground that is on the site of St Mary’s Hospital dating from the time when it was the...

Police are today appealing for information after a man was assaulted on Ryde Esplanade yesterday morning. The incident occurred in Western Gardens near to Ryde Pier at around 00:30 when a 33-year-old man challenged a group of people when he was...

The first official visit to Cowes lifeboat station by members of Storm force, the RNLI club for children, proved to be a resounding success. Despite the station busily playing its part in Cowes Week activities, several lifeboat members found time...

An event organised by the Isle of Wight Council’s short breaks service has proved highly successful. The team held a fun day for children with additional needs or disabilities at Medina Leisure Centre and more than 600 young people and...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, has invited  the Isle of Wight Council’s Director of Economy and Environment, Stuart Love,  to the next meeting of the Isle of Wight Technology Group to talk about opportunities for Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funding;...

If you have had a blood test, been treated for an infection or perhaps someone you know is being treated for cancer, you will have had contact with Pathology – even if you didn’t realise it. A new Pathology Laboratory,...