Tilly Walder

Right now, hundreds of families are fighting the seemingly unending battle of either feeding their family or heating their homes, a choice no one should ever have to make. In an attempt to lighten the load on vulnerable families, Newport Congregational Church is feeding the community materially as well as spiritually through their free pantry provision, but they are in need of help.

In Wednesday night’s full council meeting, Cllr Nick Stuart’s motion to call upon the council to strongly object the ExxonMobil CO2 pipeline was met with an unanimous vote to action.

Locals were urged to raise their concerns and find out how police are tackling important issues at St. Thomas’s Square, in Newport, last Tuesday (October 15). The latest Beat Surgery, hosted by the local Safer Neighbourhood Team, offered the opportunity for an informal conversation about any problems or questions residents may have.

A Cowes pensioner is wrapping up warm and bracing for a cold winter, after being stranded with a broken heating system.

Ryde Co-op’s British Legion Poppy Appeal saw a lot of excitement last weekend when Andrew Browne brought in his ex-army 1944 ‘Parabike’, which was actually used on D-Day.

Determined campaigning has exercised its power once again, as protestors celebrate receiving permission this week to appeal July’s High Court decision, which could bring a final end to the proposed housing development on Westridge Farm.

A distressed daughter reached out to the local press this week, after Wednesday’s storm flooded her mum’s and neighbours’ properties in Gunville, leaving them “destroyed”.

Newport rejoiced as another empty store opened this week, as the Redrup family business, Grace’s Bakery, set up their latest venture. Their new café, Grace’s Corner, on 40 High Street, opened to the public on Wednesday, to queues of eager customers seeking a warm, festive treat. We popped round last week to see the team hard at work, and to ask them a few questions about how Grace’s Corner was progressing.

When thinking of the Island’s Youth Trust, what first springs to mind for many is a one-to-one youth counselling provision. Whilst this is a highlighted feature, and the work they do in catering for our young people’s mental health is commendable, the 41-year-old service now provides much more than just one-to-one counselling to tackle the rise in poor mental health.

The Island witnessed the sad demise of a Grade II listed building during the turbulent weather this weekend, with the partial collapse of a 175-year-old building in Ventnor leaving nearby residents feeling ‘trapped.’