After a two year break, the Isle of Wight Rural Community Action Awards are back with the cash. The Awards aim to highlight and reward voluntary effort that seeks to improve community life on the Isle of Wight…

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…

A long overdue update in the Isle of Wight Council’s battle with HMRC over VAT on car parking charges. It would appear negotiations are still under way and it may be Autumn 2010 before a final decision is reached…

The Isle of Wight was one of only three PCT’s in the country to receive an ‘excellent’ quality rating. In a debate yesterday in Westminster Hall, Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, called on the Government to review the level of regulation for the Island’s NHS Primary Care Trust…

A recent debate at Westminster into Fuel Duty (Rural Areas) revealed an interesting note in the proceedings that a fair few MP’s were unaware of searching online for Petrol Prices. People living on the Isle of Wight can find the best fuel prices online…

This summer, the huge ‘Union Jack’ doors of the VESTAS R&D shed in East Cowes will part and true to the shed’s origins, one more and perhaps the final, amazing Sailrocket will emerge…

Five Island Youth Projects have been chosen by young people in Freshwater and Totland to receive a total of £20,000 in grant funding. The Isle of Wight Council ‘Up2U’ event supported by Sainsbury’s was held at West Wight Sports Centre…

Having battled the arctic conditions at the start of the year, Gary Prescott’s countrywide cycling tour of RSPB reserves sees him arriving at Brading Marshes. The Biking Birder has already managed to cycle round reserves in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire before crossing over to the Isle of Wight…