Cowes based charity Little Brig Sailing Trust is to name its second tall ship CAROLINE ALLEN in a special dedication ceremony later this month in Cowes. The Trust use the world’s smallest tall ships to take young people out to share the fun of sailing…

YMCA Fairthorne Group has scooped a Lottery grant of £457,523 to fund a new service to support bereaved children on the Isle of Wight. The funding will allow YMCA Winchester House in Shanklin, to get the ‘Help2gGrieve’ scheme for young people off the ground…

A brand new Car-Free Scheme which hopes to make the Isle of Wight a ‘greener’ place to visit, kicked-off with a launch at ‘The Mission’. The Island Car-Free Scheme, is the brainchild of Lois Prior, who has spent many years working to ‘green’ the island’s tourism industry…

A party of Chinese teachers and education officials will be given a jazzy welcome by Carisbrooke High School Jazz Band as they arrive on the Isle of Wight for a three day international visit. Children from a variety of schools will wave flags and present flowers, while some children have been learning Mandarin to give them a traditional Chinese welcome…

A man was charged today (Monday, March 15th) with the rape of a 16-year-old girl on the Isle of Wight on Friday. The man remains in custody and will appear before the courts today…

Sailing is one of very few sports in which having a physical disability does not have to be a disadvantage. The Even Keel Project is offering able bodied and disabled enthusiasts on the Isle of Wight, the opportunity to participate together in a sailing activity that would normally be outside their reach…

NHS Isle of Wight and Chamber Health will be supporting smokers across the Island to break free and quit smoking for good on No Smoking Day – Wednesday 10th March 2010. The Chamber Health mobile unit will be in St Thomas’ Square, Newport, and Local NHS Stop Smoking Service will have a display outside St Mary’s, Full Circle Restaurant…

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been named as Fire Service of the Year at an awards ceremony organised by Improvement and Efficiency South East. Chief Fire Officer Paul Street said: “We are delighted to be named as Fire Service of the Year…