Local Community News

A provision that has been in place for more than two years now, the Isle of Wight's Foodbank are appealing for more food donations to keep feeding those in need across the Island. The Foodbank team have organised a Food...

Ventnor brought their ‘time pennant’ all-day games to a close with a 45 run win over bottom club Bournemouth in Saturday’s ECB Southern Electric Premier Division encounter at Newclose. In a match of fluctuating fortunes, the Islanders recovered from an...

Witnesses are being asked to come forward as Police investigate a public order offence on board a Number 8 bus travelling to Ryde from Newport last Friday (26th July). At around 22:40, the bus driver of the No. 8 stopped...

Police on the Isle of Wight are this week appealing for witnesses to come forward after two mopeds were stolen from a Drill Hall Road car park in Newport. The incident is believed to have occurred sometime between Friday 26th...

Hovertravel, Europe's only passenger hovercraft company, is offering additional services to Southsea on the morning of the Bupa Great South Run 2013. The company is offering the extra crossings to Southsea on Sunday 27 October, departing from Ryde at 07:45...

Storeroom2010, the Island's charity furniture warehouse, will be shortly be moving from their current premises in Bridge Road, Cowes.  Their last day in these premises will be Friday 9th August and they will close at their usual time of 16:00...

Due to the Victorious Festival taking place at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on 24th & 25th August, Wightlink have revised their sailing times overnight to meet customer demand with passengers travelling back to the Island after the close of show. Wightlink...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, has written to the Isle of Wight Council asking for comments made by ‘internal consultees’ on the controversial plans to build an asphalt plant on banks of the River Medina to be made public. The...

It’s that time of the year again when the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, will be travelling around the Island carrying out his annual Summer Surgery.  The surgery tour gives Islanders the opportunity to speak to their MP about issues that...

Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Hayes will launch the Youth Commission pilot for Hampshire and Isle of Wight today (Monday) in Winchester. The Youth Commission aims to make young people part of the solution to tackling crime and improving policing,...