Local Community News

Mensa are holding an IQ test session on the Isle of Wight next month offering people the chance to discover their IQ score. Those interested in finding out their IQ score can attend a Mensa supervised IQ test session on...

Sainsbury’s Newport is on the lookout for a new Local Charity partner after raising £4, 652.00 for Breathe Easy Isle of Wight Branch. Local residents in Newport have the chance to find Sainsbury’s Isle of Wight a new local charity to support....

UPDATED: A brother and sister are appealing to residents across the Isle of Wight this afternoon after their black Labrador dog was stolen from outside a bank in Cowes. 'Sky', a jet black female lab aged 7 years old, was stolen from...

Hampshire Constabulary are today appealing for information after thieves stole 10 staddle stone tops from Arreton Barns Craft Village. The theft is believed to have occurred between midnight on Saturday and 13:00 on Sunday afternoon. The suspects entered the site and removed...

The Island’s integrated Urgent Care Hub, which includes the Island’s NHS 111 service, has been praised locally by the people who use the service following recent reports which criticised the NHS 111 Service on a national scale. Chris Smith, Head...

The New Carnival Company CIC is today celebrating a major new grant funding success in a consortium bid with three mainland carnival partners - the UK Centre for Carnival Arts, the Carnival Arts and Masquerade Foundation (Notting Hill Carnival) and...

The Earl Mountbatten Hospice Prison Products Project has been named as the winner of the Most Inventive Hospice Retail Initiative at the first Help for Hospices Hospice Retail Awards. The award was presented at the Help the Hospices Retail Conference...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner has offered his congratulations to all Council and Town and Parish Councillors elected last week.  He also praised those who stood unsuccessfully in the elections. Mr Turner said today (Tuesday): “The Island didn’t follow national trends...

From 1st April patients requiring changes to their medication whilst under the care of a hospital specialist will have seen a difference in the way their medicines are managed and prescribed.  The Hospital Specialist will no longer give a new prescription during...

A new walking group is to launch in June to tackle issues such as loneliness and social isolation on the Island. It’s being set up by the local charity Way Forward. Programme Lead, Lee White, said: “Physical exercise and spending...