On Sunday a band of concerned Island residents sacrificed their Sunday lie-in and went to work on the weeds and brambles at Frank James Memorial Hospital. They hope to clear the overgrowth to make way for locally-grown produce and encourage the 11 joint-owners of the building to take responsibility for the building.
Islander Hannah Brock is currently in Bethlehem acting as an international observer to Israeli and Palestinian activists working for peace in the area. She shares her first report from the region with VB readers.
Speech and language therapists at St Mary's Hospital now have a bumper bundle of material to assist both adults and children, thanks to a £946 grant from the hospital's Friends.
A new Ventnor group calling themselves Beanstalks are appealing for residents to donate their old black recycling boxes, which they will plant with flowers to transform Ventnor. Sounds fantastic.
Every blood donation could help save up to three lives. A little of your time could result in a lifetime for someone else. Details of all sessions across the Island in Events On The Wight.