Today is World Toilet Day, a day to celebrate the humble, yet vitally important, toilet and to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. Imagine life without a toilet, no toilets in your home or at work, no public toilets, no toilets anywhere…
World Diabetes Day highlights the need for greater global awareness of diabetes and this year’s theme is “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.’ The International Diabetes Federation and World Health Organization introduced the day over 15 years ago to bring awareness to the disease, which affects over 250 million people worldwide…
Andrew Turner the Island’s MP has written to DEFRA, to seek a firm undertaking that the needs of the Island will be taken into account in looking at the future of the Yarmouth to Lymington ferry service. He has also tabled a series of Parliamentary Questions about the operation of the ferry service…
Diabetes is a serious condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high. If left untreated it can lead to life threatening complications. However, if diagnosed early, the risk of serious health problems can be reduced and diabetes can be controlled.
One of the goals of World Diabetes Day on 14th [...]
The Isle of Wight, Wildlife Education Trust Naturezones are to celebrate National Tree Week 2008 with tree planting events and a cool competition to win books from Waterstones…
Police officers and PCSOs across the Isle of Wight are to encourage more residents to help prevent and detect crime by joining their local Neighbourhood Watch. Next week Officers from Ryde’s Safer Neighbourhoods Teams will be out and about in a mobile police station giving residents the opportunity of starting new schemes where they live…
On average one person dies of mouth cancer every 5 hours in the UK and the number of cases is on the increase. To help raise awareness of this killer disease, the Island’s NHS Oral Health Promotion Team will be at a number of venues on the Island throughout Mouth Cancer Action Week…
Islanders are being offered the chance to make their homes more secure in an environmentally-friendly fashion thanks to a bright new initiative. A simple crime prevention measure residents can take when away from their property is to leave a light on to give the impression they are at home…
