Monkey Haven, which has re-opened its doors to the public today (Friday), has welcomed a baby Capuchin called Pumpkin. Baby Pumpkin arrived on Halloween, giving the keepers a bit of a trick and a treat. They had suspected that Malou...

People aged 65 and over, a priority for this year’s flu jab, have received their vaccine in record time according to NHS England. Over three quarters have been vaccinated across the South East of England region, exceeding the 75% aim...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a vehicle blaze involving a gas cylinder on Brading Downs this lunchtime (Friday). 1 appliance from Ryde is in attendance at the view point car park, where a small hatchback...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely is calling on Islanders to get behind local businesses this weekend in support of Small Business Saturday. Bob, who has been a supporter of the Buy Local campaign on the Island, says he will...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) has announced that grants from the #iwill Fund are now available for community groups, charities and voluntary organisations working with young people across the region. The #iwill programme is designed to...

Wightlink's St Clare car ferry has diverted in response to a Mayday alert in the Solent this morning (Friday). A medical emergency has occurred onboard a yacht mid-Solent, leading to a large scale response from emergency services, the Royal Navy...

Families and young people joined a South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY) zoom session last week and cooked cottage pie for the household to eat and enjoy as part of their pilot ‘Box Project’. Lots of chat and banter was...

As a result of the rising number of bird flu cases across the UK, new rules will come into force in less than 2 weeks' time to force all bird keepers to keep their birds indoors for the foreseeable future....

Wight Primary Partnerships Ltd is to hold two ‘virtual’ meetings this month for patients about the permanent closure of Yarmouth Surgery. The online meetings will be for patients registered at Yarmouth and the practice’s main site, the Brookside Health Centre...

Recent suggestions 'booze cruise' revellers could be about to take advantage of the Island's Tier 1 freedoms have been branded irresponsible by the leader of the Isle of Wight Council. Ahead of the Island's first weekend under the lightest Tier...