Local Community News

From 8th April, Southern Vectis' Route 24 community bus will have a slightly different route in Sandown. The route will now operate from Sandown Post Office via The Broadway and Station Avenue to Victoria Road.    

There is just over a week left to get your entries in for Bestival's Battle of the Bands 2013 competition to win yourself a spot playing at arguably the countries best music festival. Once again, the prize on offer to...

A programme of work costing £2.4m is underway to modernise the Pathology Laboratories at St. Mary’s Hospital. Improvements to the accommodation will modernise pathology procedures and enable the service to work more efficiently with faster processing of samples and a...

EARLY memories of the Waterside Pool on Ryde’s seafront will form part of a documentary and exhibition to mark the pool’s 40th anniversary on August 24. One man with particularly significant memories of that time is retired builder Mr Keith...

Roadworks which have blighted Newport over the past couple of weeks are set to end two days earlier than planned. The one-way restrictions currently in place on Fairlee Road, Staplers Road, Halberry Lane and Cross Lane will be removed on...

UPDATED: The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, has invited Richard Benyon  MP, Minister in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), to visit the Island next Monday to hear the concerns of Islanders about the potential introduction of...

Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service hosted a charity car wash at Newport Fire Station on Saturday, despite the challenging weather. All in aid of the Firefighters Charity, crews washed hundreds of cars throughout the showery...

The Isle of Wight Council has agreed to sell a former middle school to a local housing group, it has been announced. The site of the former West Wight Middle School in Queens Road, Freshwater is set to be sold...

It has been another fantastic week fundraising for the Lottie Rann Trust, with atleast £1650 raised from two events. On Wednesday, the Upper Ventnor Social Club raised £500 at their quiz and raffle for the trust, while on Sunday, 20 cyclists...

A flash mob of Zumba dancers descended on Tesco Extra in Ryde on Saturday to raise money for Comic Relief. Shoppers were left amazed when around 120 people took to the center aisle at 18:00 and began dancing to LMFAO's 'I'm...