To break down some of the taboos associated with death and dying, the Isle of Wight NHS is supporting a national campaign ‘Dying Matters Awareness Week’ to encourage people to talk openly about bereavement…

Save Vitamins: Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, recently joined celebrity actress Jenny Seagrove and Totland resident Chris Whitehouse to urge the Prime Minister to block a bid by the EU to ban thousands of vitamin & mineral food supplements, used safely in the UK for decades…

This weekend people all over the country are dancing for free at thousands of venues as part of the new Change4Life Let’s Dance campaign. On the Isle of Wight, Dance Vibez are offering Ballroom/Latin, Street Dance/Hip Hop, Ballet and Show/Cabaret at Sandown Youth Club, on Sunday from 10-2pm…

A survey released this week by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) reveals that UK consumers on average lose £4,950 each in their lifetime on faulty goods they have failed to take back to the shops…

Forget Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Peter Andre and Katie Price in the news, we should be modelling ourselves on the example of some of our feathered friends if we want a long and happy relationship…

To help protect young people online a range of activities are taking place throughout the week 8th–12th February.Read more…

Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace affected 1,249 workers and 457 major injuries were sustained in Hampshire and the Isle Wight last year. The Health and Safety Executive have launched a new phase of its hard-hitting Shattered Lives campaign…

Healthy exercise and infectious exuberance were much in evidence when people eagerly took up the challenge to play their part in an unusual circumnavigation challenge set by Cowes and East Cowes members of the RNLI…