Local Community News

Isle of Wight patients needing emergency care on the mainland will benefit from NHS staff having quicker, easier access to important information about them. The NHS Summary Care Record, which is being introduced across England, is a secure electronic record...

Two well known Island charities are teaming up to raise funds. On 29th September, the West Wight Sports Centre will be holding its popular West Wight Triathlon, and entrants are being encouraged to get themselves sponsored in aid of the Ellen MacArthur...

Partnerships for Renewables (PfR) has submitted an amendment to its planning application for two turbines at Camp Hill prison, which moves the closest turbine to nearby properties to a new location closer to the prison and further away from the...

Island residents are being warned about a rogue trader circulating in the area after a woman in her 90s was offered unnecessary work on her property in Sandown. No money was handed over by the elderly woman, despite them being...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Marine Unit are continuing their appeal for information following the theft of a RIB (rigid Inflatable boat) from Yarmouth Harbour earlier this month. The boat was taken from the dinghy pontoon sometime between Saturday 6th July...

The Island's MP, Andrew Turner, has blamed the Isle of Wight Council's poor leadership as the reasoning behind a shocking Ofsted report, which Mr Turner has labelled as 'shameful reading'. Following a five-day inspection in June, Ofsted released a report...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance marked the launch of ‘Minutes Matter’, a fundraising campaign to raise £1.5 million in cash and legacy pledges, at the ExxonMobil Fawley Refinery Base at Fawley near Southampton yesterday (Wednesday). An investment of...

Three children from Tops Day Nursery, based at the Isle of Wight College, have presented a ‘Royal’ bear to the first baby born at St Mary’s Hospital’s maternity unit after Prince William and Kate Middleton’s baby boy arrived. Pre-schoolers Ethan,...

A 40ft motor-cruiser which sought help through Solent Coastguard after reporting engine failure, was eventually towed into Cowes by the local RNLI lifeboat yesterday (Wednesday).  The motor-cruiser, Mi Gemm, with four persons aboard, was in Thorness Bay when problem was...

The Hampton Trust Ecotherapy Centre is celebrating the arrival of two new therapists following a generous donation of £24,000 from the William Wates Foundation.  The William Wates Foundation was established following the tragic death of one of their family members...