Local Community News

Students from Carisbrooke College simultaneously set off their Volcanic Eruption experiment creations with the use of Bicarbonate soda, vinegar and food colouring, supported by Sainsbury's Newport earlier this month. 38 pupils made their volcanoes ahead of the day, which saw them...

A multi-million pound highways improvement scheme is set to be amended to try to protect the wild flower and bee population on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight Council is due to meet representatives of contractor Island Roads to...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary are this week investigating reports of damage to ten cars in Upper Highland Road, Ryde. The incidents occurred in the early hours of the evening between Friday 14th June and Sunday 16th June. All the vehicles...

A yellow 'be aware' warning for rain has been issued by the Met Office today (Wednesday). There is a low risk of isolated thunderstorms breaking out across South East England during Thursday from the early hours onwards giving some intense...

In celebration of 25 years of the National Breast Screening Programme on the Island, the Breast Screening and the Applegate Breast Care Units are holding an open day and inviting staff and the public to drop by and visit anytime between 10:00...

Age UK and Isle of Wight NHS Trust are supporting Falls Awareness Week (17th to 21st June) with stands at various locations across the Island.    Representatives from Age UK and Isle of Wight NHS Trust will be in the following...

Southern Water’s project to generate poo power on the Isle of Wight has completed. A new £700,000 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant is now up and running at the company’s Sandown Wastewater Treatment Works. The CHP plant is generating...

An Isle of Wight nurse is set to exhibit her artistic work in the ‘Full Circle’ Exhibition Space at St. Mary’s Hospital in Newport. Born in the sleepy town of Moravske Budejovice in the Czech Republic, Vlasta Turjanicova displayed artistic...

A Ryde woman has been appointed as the Assistant Commissioner to Simon Hayes for the Isle of Wight after beating 14 other applicants to the post. Laura Franklin, 32, will represent Hampshire Constabulary's Crime Commissioner, Simon Hayes on the Isle of...

The Bembridge Scout Cooking Competition received a food donation of fruit and vegetables through Sainsbury's Newport community budget. The cooking competition is an annual event, where scouts Team up into groups of 4-6 to make a meals for all of...