A new Associate Practitioners for Dementia service, which aims to significantly improve the time spent in hospital for those with dementia, has been introduced at St Mary's Hospital. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is seeing an increasing number of...

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (11th September 2020) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 4113 £100.00 8482 £100.00 14994 £100.00 14384 £100.00 15712 £100.00 14311 £100.00 3480 £100.00 5898 £100.00 13509 £100.00 13695

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Application No: 20/00794/HOU...

The Isle of Wight Council has completed the purchase of Venture Quays in East Cowes, securing the future of one of the Island's most iconic buildings and kick-starting the redevelopment of the area. The £1.3 million acquisition follows many months...

A group of ducklings rescued from a drain in Calbourne in July have been successfully released into the wild by the RSPCA. The ducklings were discovered by a local resident who called Island Roads to assist in their rescue. Duty...

With wholetime recruitment opening later this month, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have begun to host 'Have a Go' days. The first event took place at Ryde Fire Station recently, where 34 people took part in the...

The Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival has been cancelled for 2020, organisers have announced. The committee says that the decision is 'sad but inevitable' and feel it would have been irresponsible to host the event, as social distancing would have been...

Since Pan Together's trustees took the swift decision to close Downside Community Centre and the Isobel Café to help reduce all but essential contact on 17th March 2020, in the wake of the coronavirus emergency, the charity has been supporting...

The Le Blanq event with Sir Bradly Wiggins and Raymond Blanc, which was due to take place later this month, has been postponed until the Spring. The recent Government announcement about reducing the number of people allowed in a group...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched to assist 2 yachts which had collided close to Horse Tail Channel buoy at lunchtime (Thursday). The Tamar-class 'Alfred Albert Williams' was launched at 12:15 at the request of Solent Coastguard to assist the...