1st- 24th December: When We Were Young Art Exhibition. At Newport Library.
1st December: IW Health Walks: Northwood House car park, 10.30am; Brookside Health Centre, Freshwater, beginners/improvers, 2pm. Victoria - A Queen for all sorts of Historians. Talk by Jean Peters and the Heraldry Group. At The Riverside Centre, Newport, 7.30pm. Members of the IW History [...]

Health is one of the most searched for subjects on the internet and it is crucial the NHS provides safe and accurate online information. To meet this demand NHS Choices and NHS Direct are joining forces and creating a single front door to all its knowledge and services.

Following public consultation over the Summer the Isle of Wight Council has published a detailed report which will be presented to the council’s Cabinet meeting on Monday, where members will decide the next stage forward. The full Cabinet Paper can be viewed…

Local residents and parents of children who are ‘at risk’ from flu are being urged by the Isle of Wight NHS to claim their free flu jab. You can protect yourself now by taking advantage of free flu immunisation of which 26,941 flu vaccines were given by Island GPs last year…

In Ofsted’s annual report 2007/8, three Isle of Wight schools and one childcare provider were judged to be providing outstanding education and childcare. The Annual Report, identified Arreton St George’s Church of England Primary, Binstead Primary School and Bishop Lovett CE Middle Schools, along with Little Herons Childcare in Ryde…

We visit the toilet an average of 2,500 times a year and spend about three years of our life on the loo, yet often the humble WC, and sometimes the items we put down it, aren’t given a second thought…

An Isle of Wight photography project has captured priceless pictures for South Wight sheltered housing residents, with a little help from Southern Water. Independent Arts held digital photography sessions…

An Isle of Wight brass band is celebrating a £5,000 grant for new uniforms. The 27 musicians of Cowes Concert band will be kitted out in traditional-style jackets thanks to the award from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation, an independent charitable trust…