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To celebrate National Manufacturing Day students from 7 Island schools and colleges visited GKN Aerospace’s Falcon Yard site to learn about a career in aerospace manufacturing last Thursday (28th September). Students attended from Medina College, Carisbrooke College, The Island Sixth...

Youngsters across the Isle of Wight are doing their bit to boost road safety within their school communities. Around 20 primary schools have now signed up to the Junior Travel Ambassador (JTA), the Isle of Wight Council's highly successful road...

Cowes Harbour Commission has announced the appointment of a new Harbour Master, Captain Jon Kidd. Reporting to CEO Gary Hall, Jon Kidd will join the Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) team in January 2024 and take on the statutory duties of...

The ever-increasing cost of school trips to places such as Osborne House and Carisbrooke Castle is becoming a serious threat to their future, English Heritage has warned. As the UK’s largest provider of free school trips, the charity has seen...

A century-old water hydrant ‘is not someone’s personal property’ and cannot just be moved 1.5m, Whitwell Parish Council has said, as it joins residents fighting against plans. More than 30 objections have now been submitted against proposals to relocate the...

A new minibus is helping Islanders with mental health issues access services at a peaceful location on the outskirts of Newport. The Isorropia Foundation, a wellbeing organisation, has a new base at the Medina Valley Centre in Dodnor Lane and...

Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones recently visited a number of crime-fighting initiatives on the Isle of Wight as part of a wider partnership working to make communities safer and increase public safety. The visit on Friday 22nd September 2023...

There was a large turnout at the first Wightlink User Group public meeting held at the Depozitory in Ryde last Friday (29th September). Campaigners from the group were joined by a large number of Islanders as various speakers outlined the...

Significant improvements have been made at an Isle of Wight nursery just months after Ofsted rated it ‘Inadequate’ as it found weaknesses in its safeguarding of children. YMCA Newport Nursery has been visited by the education watchdog 5 times in...

More than 500 bin inserts are replaced every month after they get damaged or go missing. Following claims by members of the public that bin inserts often get thrown away into the bin lorries along with the recycling waste, the...